Icy hot. Ice particles from Saturn’s rings are falling into the planet’s atmosphere. In part because the particles vaporize, energy is released, heating up and making the sky glow at ...

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.

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.

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 B ring is the most opaque of the main rings, appearing almost black in this Cassini image taken from the unlit side of the ringplane. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute ...

Like Earth, Saturn’s axis is tilted, NASA explains.Saturn is transitioning, causing its tilt to shift. This will alter our view of the planet as Earth crosses its ring plane.

Saturn’s bands will make a comeback tour after March 2025, before disappearing once again in November 2025. The planet has seven distinct rings comprised of ice, rocky debris and dust.

Starting on Sunday, Saturn’s rings will seem to disappear for a few days. For the next several months, Simon said the rings will “remain very thin” to our eyes.

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.

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.

The rings, believed to be made up of rocky and icy chunks that could be as large as a house, help separate Saturn from other planets in our solar system. They’re also about to perform a ...