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Saturn's rings only formed in the past 100 million years, suggests analysis of Cassini space probe data

18 January 2019 • 2 min read

New findings contradict conventional belief that Saturn's rings were formed along with the planet about 4.5 billion years ago

Saturn's rings are much younger than the planet itself, and likely formed only in the last 100 million years. That's according to a new analysis of observations from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. C...

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