NASA's Cassini mission has been providing one of the most comprehensive looks at Saturn. Now researchers believe the planet's rings could vanish. Read the full story .
The planet in our solar system famed for its rings of ice is changing in a curious way, scientists say.
The new data from Cassini was published in mid-May in the journal Icarus, and outlines support for the theory that the rings actually formed after the planet Saturn itself formed. A lead author on the study, Richard Durisen, said,"Our inescapable conclusion is that Saturn's rings must be relatively young by astronomical standards, just a few hundred million years old.
Scientists believe our solar system formed around 4.6 billion years ago. And astronomers and researchers agree it is possible Saturn's icy rings are much younger than we had previously thought. The paper published in Icarus points to data researchers say has provided important measurements which have helped to determine what they call the"absolute age" of Saturn's rings.
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