Saturn's rings may be far younger than we thought

Saturn's rings may not only vanish in 100 million years, but they may have only been around for as little as 10 million years. Using data gathered in the last days of NASA's Cassini mission, a team led by Luciano Iess of Sapienza University of Rome has concluded that the iconic rings may have been created by a disintegrating comet between 10 and 100 million years ago.

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Category: Space

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• Cassini
• NASA
• Saturn
• Voyager

from New Atlas (Gizmag) http://bit.ly/2FHGMvK