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

Saturn has at least 146 moons ... The main rings themselves, along with the F ring, are labeled at the bottom, along with their inner and outer boundaries. The view combines 45 images—15 ...

Saturn and its rings will undergo a drastic change in the coming months, at least as the planet is seen from Earth. Here's what's going on. Saturn's rings to disappear by March. Why? Saturn's ...

The Chicxulub impactor that killed the non-avian dinosaurs 66 million years ago, had a mass of order that of Phobos, 10^{16} kilograms, about a thousand times less than the total mass of Saturn’s ...

Earth may once have had a vast ring system circling the planet, very similar to Saturn’s rings, according to a recent study. These rings seem to have formed around 466 million years ago, during a ...

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Famously known for its extensive ring system, Saturn is one of four planets in our solar system that have the distinctive feature. And now, scientists hypothesize that Earth may have sported its ...

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