The sun used to have rings like Saturn

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Before Earth and the other planets in our solar system existed, the sun may have been surrounded by giant rings of dust similar to Saturn's, according to a new study.

. These areas of high pressure likely resulted when particles moved toward the sun under its strong gravitational pull, heated up and released large amounts of vaporized gas.

The simulations showed that there were likely three distinct areas where solid particles vaporized into gas, called"sublimation lines." In the line closest to the sun, or the hottest zone, solid silicate turned into gas; in the middle line, ice would have heated up enough to turn into gas; and in the farthest line, carbon monoxide became a gas.

Solid particles like dust sort of rammed into these"bumps" and began to accumulate, the simulations showed."The effect of the pressure bump is that it collects dust particles, and that's why we see rings," co-author Andrea Isella, an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University, said in the statement. If these pressure bumps didn't exist, the sun would have quickly gobbled up the particles, not leaving any seeds for the planets to grow.

The pressure bumps regulated how much material was available to form planets in the inner solar system, Izidoro said in the statement.

 

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Wow, amazing photo! I had no idea something like this could happen

True, thats what condensed over time to form planets, the inner rings were soils the further were more gaseous so we have the first 4 planets as terrestrial planets and the rest after that are gas giants Even earth used to have a ring ;) (now moon)

And then, those rings got converted to planets and belts.

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Saturn and Jupiter are embryo suns. The world ends when the burst into flame, any time.

So you're saying Saturn stole those rings

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