Saturn's rings might not be younger than the dinosaurs as recently suggested, ... Hyodo and his colleagues developed 3D computer models simulating crashes between micrometeoroids and the rings.

Saturn's rings will disappear from view of ground-based telescopes in 2025. Here's why. Every 13-15 years, Saturn is angled in a way in which the edge of its thin rings are oriented toward Earth ...

And the event is relatively rare: Ring plane crossings — as the phenomenon is known — typically occur twice during the 29.4 years it takes Saturn to make one orbit around the sun.

Saturn’s rings are slowly disappearing. The rings will vanish in a few hundred million years as icy material from them rains down on the planet, scientists predict.

Invite your child to make 3D art to learn more about Saturn's rings. As you work together, ask your child how the materials you're using are similar or different from the actual materials that ...

Saturn's rings are mostly made up of ice, asteroids, comets and moon fragments. In May 2025, the massive celestial loops will be effectively invisible to the human eye.

Saturn’s rings are no more than a few hundred million years old and will only exist as they are today for another few hundred million years. Skip to content.

Saturn's rings might not be younger than the dinosaurs as recently suggested, ... Hyodo and his colleagues developed 3D computer models simulating crashes between micrometeoroids and the rings.

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.

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.