Uncover the mystery behind Saturn’s iconic rings. ExtremeTech explains their origins and the science of our solar system.

Cassini Spacecraft's Last Chapter Ended With a Suicidal Plunge Into Saturn Spacecraft remain the best lens with which humans ...

Science | September 2019. Saturn Could Lose Its Rings in Less Than 100 Million Years. Recent discoveries suggest that the planet’s distinctive feature may be gone in the cosmic blink of an eye ...

Saturn's rings make it one of the most recognizable planets in our solar system. However, in 2025, they'll be nearly invisible.

This Aug. 22, 2009 image made available by NASA shows a section of Saturn's rings, as seen from the Cassini spacecraft. The icy rings could be around 4.5 billion years old just like Saturn, a ...

Saturn’s iconic rings will seem to “disappear” for a couple of days starting this weekend — at least from our vantage point on Earth. The rings won’t actually vanish, but for a short ...

For now, the disappearance of Saturn's rings is just a temporary, visual phenomenon. However, the planet's rings will permanently disappear in about 100 to 300 million years from now, according to ...

As Saturn’s rings vanish during 2025, so too does the constancy Galileo thought he observed in the strangest member of the Sun’s family of planets. Cronos, the monstrous son-devourer, has ...

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, shimmering ...