It’s certainly possible to consume water sourced from the icy rings of Saturn, but doing so safely may require extra steps ...

When Galileo Galilei aimed his telescope at Saturn in 1610, he saw what looked like ears protruding from the planet’s disk. Two years later, the “ears” (which Galileo called stars) had vanished.

Just after the turn of the 17th century, Galileo Galilei designed and built the first telescope, changing astronomy forever.

In 1610, Galileo Galilei was the first to observe the rings, though his telescope was too crude to identify them as actual rings. He described them as "Saturn's ears" since they looked like two ...

Saturn's rings are surprisingly youthful and much younger than the gas giant planet itself, new research has revealed.

WATCH MORE FOX NEWS DIGITAL ORIGINALS HERE Saturn, the solar system's second-largest planet, is famous for its rings, which were first discovered by Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei in 1610.

Saturn’s rings have captivated astronomers for over four centuries. In 1610, famed Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei first observed the rings using a telescope, but he did not know what they were.

Saturn’s rings were first discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610, and they have continued to be an iconic part of our solar system, pulling scientist’s eyes to their beauty with ease.

Galileo Galilei identified four of Jupiter's orbiting moons, examined Saturn, observed the varying phases of Venus, and scrutinized sunspots on the surface of the sun.

The rings were first observed in 1610 by the astronomer Galileo Galilei who, owing to the resolution limits of his telescope, initially described them as two smaller planets on each side of Saturn ...

In 1610, Galileo Galilei trained his rudimentary telescope on Saturn and was dazzled by a celestial spectacle that he likened to "arms." Fast forward to the present day, and these iconic rings ...

When Galileo Galilei first peered at Saturn in 1610, the astronomer noted that the planet had what appeared to be " ears." They turned out to be Saturn's iconic rings.