Until scientists learn more then, here are seven of the most fascinating discoveries they’ve made about Saturn so far. The ...

“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in ...

Did Earth once look a lot more like Saturn? Scientists believe the answer is yes! In a groundbreaking study, researchers in ...

This ancient ring system ... crossing its Roche limit is one of the most common ways rings form, with this being the way that Saturn's rings are thought to have originated. This ancient ring around ...

This phenomenon occurs due to the unique tilt of Saturn’s axis, which will position the rings edge-on to our line of sight. Saturn’s axis is tilted, just like Earth’s. For half of its year, the ringed ...

Dave Eggers is the author of “The Circle,” “What Is the What” and, most recently, “The Eyes and the Impossible,” winner of ...

NASA has revealed that Saturn’s rings are gradually disappearing due to a phenomenon called “ring rain.” This process occurs as particles from the rings are pulled into Saturn’s atmosphere by ...

Due to a tilt in its orbit ... causes the ice particles in the rings to vaporize, forming charged water molecules that interact with Saturn’s magnetic field. They then fall toward the planet and burn ...