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Robert Lea

REVEALED: Dwarf star is surrounded by massive double ring that hints at a saturn size exoplanet | Vintage Vibes

Artist's conception of a protoplanetary disk around a newborn star.

Observations of a distant red dwarf star indicate that it is surrounded by not one but two massive rings of gas and dust, with tantalizing hints that it is orbited by a Saturn-size planet.

The red dwarf, known as 2MASS J04124068+2438157, is located around 485 light-years from Earth and has a diameter similar to that of the sun, but with a mass less than half that of our star. The red dwarf is also a virtual infant in comparison to the nearly 4.6 billion-year-old sun; it's estimated to be just 4.7 million years old. 

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