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

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

The idea that Saturn's rings are young seemed very strange in the context of the solar system's long evolutionary history." ...

The age of the rings that encircle Saturn is under dispute thanks to calculations that show they could have been formed ...

This view happens every 13.7 to 15.7 years, with the next side-on view taking place on March 23, 2025. After that, we will begin to see the underside of Saturn's rings and its south pole, another view ...

Saturn, the sixth planet in our Solar System, is renowned for its stunning ring system, a remarkable feature of astronomical ...

Saturn's rings, once thought young, might be as old as the planet itself, around 4.5 billion years. New research using ...

Computer modeling suggests Saturn's rings are billions of years older than previous research suggests — but the new findings ...

Credit: STScI. Saturn’s rings are among the most glorious, stunning, and well-studied features in the Solar System. However, their age has been difficult to ascertain. Did they form billions of ...