However, observations from the Cassini probe (NASA-ESA) revealed that Saturn's rings are composed of more than 99% water ice. This composition led to studies in the 2010s-2020s estimating their age to ...

“The efficiency of accretion by Saturn's rings is only a few per cent, which is much, much smaller than previously assumed,” says Hyodo. This could extend previous estimates of the ring age by ...

“Saturn is all about age and … coming up against authority — boundaries and authorship,” Chani, who has lived in Los Angeles off and on since 2005, says over Zoom in her signature clear ...

This challenges previous age estimates and links ring formation to the chaotic early solar system, offering insights into planetary evolution. Saturn's rings have long been a source of fascination ...

Children of Saturn, a first-person found-footage game about a group of teenagers coming of age in an era of climate catastrophe, taps directly into this feeling, speaking to our current moment and ...