Since its discovery in 1610 by Galileo, the rings of Saturn have enchanted us for centuries. Remarkably, we've visited Saturn before. Stunning photographs taken from the Cassini space probe have ...

It's 'spoke season' on Saturn when strange features appear in the planet's rings. The Hubble Space Telescope continues to ...

Saturn's rings consist of ice, dust, and rocks, with particles varying in size from small grains to large boulders. Saturn's rings are divided into several main groups, each named in alphabetical ...

Saturn’s rings, imaged here by NASA’s Cassini orbiter, are one of the solar system’s most reliably spectacular sights. But ...

Before its death dive into Saturn in 2017, Cassini managed to get a better look at the amount of ring-dust raining on Saturn’s equator. And discovered that it was raining heavier than previously ...

Scientists Compile Cassini's Unique Observations of Saturn's Rings Oct. 18, 2022 — Scientists have compiled 41 solar occultation observations of Saturn's rings from the Cassini mission.

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 are almost as wide as the distance between ... Narrator: In 2017, NASA's Cassini probe sent us our closest view of Saturn as it dove into the planet's stormy atmosphere.

SATURN'S RINGS AS THEY WOULD APPEAR TO AN OBSERVER ... which is separated by an interval of 1,450 miles known as “Cassini's division,” from the outer very bright ring, the breadth of which ...

Before its death dive into Saturn in 2017, Cassini managed to get a better look at the amount of ring-dust raining on Saturn's equator. And discovered that it was raining heavier than previously ...

NASA's Cassini-Huygens mission determined that Saturn's rings likely formed around 100 million years ago. The rings, influenced by Saturn's magnetic field, are gradually being pulled into the planet.