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 ...

In three months, Saturn's iconic, icy rings will appear to disappear, giving you a preview of what the planet could look like 100 million to 300 million years from now. On March 23, an optical ...

When you think of Saturn, you probably picture the planet with its iconic rings around it. The amazing rings are made up of lots of particles of different sizes, including water, ice and dust.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — New research suggests that Saturn’s rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet. Instead of being a youthful 400 million years old as ...

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First is the relatively thin width of the rings that wrap around Saturn’s equator, says Horner. Despite being a whopping 282,000 kilometers across, the rings measure only a few meters in thickness at ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — New research suggests that Saturn’s rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet. Instead of being a youthful 400 million years old as commonly ...

New research suggests that Saturn’s rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet. Instead of being a youthful 400 million years old as commonly thought, the icy ...

Saturn's rings, once thought young, might be as old as the planet itself, around 4.5 billion years. New research using Cassini data suggests micrometeoroid impacts vaporize, keeping the rings ...

Saturn's rings might not be younger than the dinosaurs as recently suggested, but nearly as old as the giant planet itself at billions of years in age, a new study says. The age of Saturn's rings ...

CE CANAVERAL, Fla. — New research suggests that Saturn’s rings may be older than they look — possibly as old as the planet. HT Image Instead of being a youthful 400 million years old as ...