Photo: an image from the Cassini spacecraft, sent to uncover Saturn’s secrets
RESEARCH

Saturn Ring Mystery

Exploring the solar system

Saturn stands out in our minds as the planet with an extraordinary form: its striped rings, suspended around the pale gaseous orb, extend over an almighty 175,000 miles.
But ever since Galileo discovered the rings in 1610, their origin and purpose have remained a mystery. We still don’t even know how many of them there are. Scientists believe that answering these questions will add significantly to our knowledge of the whole solar system.
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