Saturn's rings extend up to 175,000 miles (282,000 km) from the planet. However, they are very thin: The main rings have a height of only 30 feet (10 m), on average, according to NASA.

Saturn's rings extend up to 175,000 miles (282,000 km) from the planet. However, they are very thin: The main rings have a height of only 30 feet (10 m), on average, according to NASA.

Facts about Saturn's rings, moons and more. The sixth planet from the sun has spectacular rings and dozens of moons, including one that scientists find especially intriguing.

The E ring is the largest and outermost ring, spanning 621,370 miles (about one million kilometers) and lying next to another faint ring, G. Saturn’s F ring is made up of many narrow rings.

Here are some essential facts about Saturn to get you ready for the big event. ... Those rings around Saturn might not be very old, either, and might be related to the young moons.

Saturn’s rings are disintegrating and heating up the gas giant’s upper atmosphere, according to a new study whose findings may help predict if planets around other stars have ring systems.

Surprising NASA facts about Saturn you might not know. By Sakshi Sah Published Apr 04, 2025. ... Saturn is not the only planet with rings, but its rings are the most spectacular and complex.

The rings of Saturn take center stage in this portrait by the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 taken on June 20, 2019. (Image credit: NASA/ESA/A. Simon/M.H. Wong) ...

Hyodo said it's possible Saturn's rings could be somewhere between the two extreme ages — around the halfway mark of 2.25 billion years old.

QUICK FACTS ABOUT SATURN. How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth ...