The rings, believed to be made up of rocky and icy chunks that could be as large as a house, help separate Saturn from other planets in our solar system. They’re also about to perform a ...

Early risers will get a rare opportunity to see something extraordinary in the early hours of July 18 — the dark shadow of ...

Saturn’s rings display their subtle colors in this view captured on Aug. 22, 2009, by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. ... Let’s get real, shall we? The introduction of AI is already chaotic.

Saturn and Neptune rose with the Moon on Wednesday, 16 July 2025, creating a rare sky event believed to carry emotional and spiritual significance for certain zodiac signs.

Saturn’s rings are not the solid structures they may appear to be from afar. Instead, they’re made of dust, gas, ice, and small rocks. The different components of the rings behave in different ...

For Saturn's rings, age and mass are closely linked: ... so that could be about a quarter of the real mass, tops. But either way, the rings are much too small to be very old.

Saturn’s rings stretch an incredible 175,000 miles (282,000 kilometers) ... Its rings are young and fleeting. In a very real sense, we’re lucky to be around to see them at all.

This 13-year-long exploration ended in September 2017 when the spacecraft intentionally dove into Saturn, burning up in the atmosphere. “Despite the end of the mission, more Cassini results as well as ...

Of all the planets in our solar system, Saturn might be the prettiest. Those rings! Strand after strand of icy material with just a hint of rock, arranged in a delicate halo. Up close, the rings gleam ...

NASA image showing how Saturn's rings will appear to disappear during its equinox in 2025. NASA. The last time this was visible was in September 2009, and will occur again in October 2038.

Saturn’s bands will make a comeback tour after March 2025, before disappearing once again in November 2025. The planet has seven distinct rings comprised of ice, rocky debris and dust.

According to findings published Thursday in the journal Science, Saturn’s rings are much, much younger than the planet itself—only about 10 to 100 million-years-old, compared to the gas giant ...