On July 30, 1610, the famous astronomer Galileo Galilei became the first to observe rings around the planet Saturn. Shortly after the telescope was invented in 1608, Galileo peered out into the solar ...

Hubble Space Telescope imagery of Saturn, captured from 2018-2024, has been time-lapsed. Footage courtesy: NASA, ESA, Amy ...

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. Between ...

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 ...

While Saturn’s rings may seem timeless and eternal, they are actually relatively young in cosmic terms, with some experts estimating that they could be only 100 million years old.

Saturn’s rings will be impossible to see from Earth as of March 23rd, according to Forbes. This is because our view of the planet “waxes and wanes” as Saturn orbits the sun every 29 years.

The rings extend from some 2,000 km above Saturn’s cloud tops to about 80,000 km away, occupying a large area of space. When in-falling dust passes through, it can collide with icy particles in ...

This composite photo, taken on Oct. 22, 2023, by the Hubble Space Telescope captured Saturn's mysterious ring spokes. Scientists still don't know what the spokes are.

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.

During Cassini's Grand Finale in 2017, when the spacecraft cruised between Saturn and its rings 22 times, researchers were able to determine the age and longevity of the rings.

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 ...

An optical illusion during Saturn's equinox is to blame for the rings disappearing from view briefly. The next time this is set to happen is May 6, 2025.