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  • $\begingroup$ Please edit the question to limit it to a specific problem with enough detail to identify an adequate answer. $\endgroup$
    – Community Bot
    Commented Apr 7 at 0:55
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    $\begingroup$ Although we don't have any evidence that a ringed planet could harbor life - we also don't have any evidence that it can't (but we do have evidence that a nearly inconsequential ring can exist around an inhabited planet... 😎). Please keep in mind that a good worldbuilding question would be, "I want my inhabited planet to have rings! Given the following specifications of the planet, is there anything prohibiting the rings?" In other words, tell us the rule you want and let us help you rationalize it. Cheers! $\endgroup$
    – JBH
    Commented Apr 7 at 4:39
  • $\begingroup$ Isn't our moon used to be a ring sometimes in the past? I think it just about stability and composition that it eventually form a moon instead of stay being a ring. To if the condition was just right we may have earth planet with a ring for a long enough. It might be faint line we can see from the ground $\endgroup$
    – Thaina
    Commented Apr 7 at 6:43
  • $\begingroup$ @JBH , thanks for letting me know! I've edited the question now, is there any other information I should add? $\endgroup$
    – mza
    Commented Apr 8 at 21:36
  • $\begingroup$ :-) Well... you didn't change your question in the way I suggested. But you did introduce an issue that begs a question: if your planet has magical creatures, why are you worried about whether or not a planet with natural rings can support life? $\endgroup$
    – JBH
    Commented Apr 9 at 3:00