An event called a "ring plane crossing" will occur between Saturn and Earth on March 23, 2025, when Saturn's rings will ...

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the ...

But later – hundreds of millions of years in the future – a permanent, virtually ringless Saturn will become real, thanks to ...

The rings of Saturn could be much older than previously believed, possibly as old as the planet itself. In 2004, when NASA's Cassini probe arrived to study Saturn, it discovered that the ice ...

A new study by scientists in Japan suggests that Saturn's famous rings could be billions, rather than millions of years old.

The idea that Saturn's rings are young seemed very strange in the context of the solar system's long evolutionary history." Saturn's rings might not be younger than the dinosaurs as recently ...

New research has cast doubt on the long-held belief that Saturn's rings are relatively young, suggesting instead that they could date back 4.5 billion years to when the planet formed. The study ...

Saturn's spectacular rings may be far older than we thought – according to a new study, they may have been there from the gas giant's birth. Saturn is thought to be amongst the oldest bodies in ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Saturn's rings might not be younger than the dinosaurs as recently suggested, but nearly as old ...

both the particle and the ice vaporise upon impact. This leaves behind charged nanoparticles, which Saturn’s magnetic field can push away from the rings. As a result, much of the debris escapes ...