When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. An illustration shows a comet barrelling out of the solar system after an encounter with Saturn.

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It's hard to imagine Saturn without its glorious, extensive, complicated rings. Yet, when the Cassini probe arrived to study the planet in 2004, it made a curious discovery: the ice chunks and ...

In brief: Saturn's rings are one of the most iconic formations in our solar system, but researchers have never been sure how or when they formed. A new simulation indicates they are far younger than ...

When planetary rings are mentioned, the image of Saturn immediately comes to mind. However, this celestial feature is not ...

The ringed planet is definitely gaseous, but is it really 'giant?' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Saturn is truly massive — ...

Astronomers said in February that Jupiter had the most moons with 92, but now Saturn is stealing the title back. Reading time: Reading time 2 minutes In February, scientists declared that Jupiter had ...

The idea that Saturn's rings are young seemed very strange in the context of the solar system's long evolutionary history." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Five worlds in the solar system have active volcanoes (those that are currently erupting or have erupted in human history): Earth, Jupiter’s moons Io and Europa, Neptune’s moon Triton, and Saturn’s ...

Two faraway worlds in the solar system are about to appear rather close to each other in the night sky on Monday. The first planet from the sun, Mercury, and Saturn, the second of the gas giants in ...

University of Birmingham provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Saturn’s rings are one of the jewels of the solar system, but it seems that their time is short and their ...