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WASHINGTON Discovered by Galileo 400 years ago, the rings of Saturn are about the most striking thing astronomers with small telescopes can spot in our solar system.But even today, experts cannot agree on how or when they formed.A new study published Thursday in the prestigious journal Science sets out to provide a convincing answer.Between 100-200 million years ago, an icy