A recently published study suggests that Saturn's rings formed after two icy moons collided a few hundred million years ago.

A collision between two ancient icy moons that may have once orbited Saturn could have given rise to the planet's iconic ring system, a new study reveals. Saturn is probably the most eye-catching ...

Researchers completed a complex simulation that supports the idea that the giant planet’s jewelry emerged hundreds of millions of years ago, not billions. By Robin George Andrews Try to imagine ...

A new series of simulations from NASA and Durham and Glasgow universities could help us better understand the origin of Saturn’s rings. The research in The Astrophysical Journal suggests that ...

Saturn is a visual marvel in our solar system, but how did it get those awe-inspiring rings? A new series of NASA ...

Since it was first seen through a telescope, Saturn's rings have mystified astronomers. But a team of researchers now believe they have figured out the origins of the mystical loops. A new series ...

Saturn is best known for two things: its iconic ring structures and its large system of natural satellites. Currently, 146 moons and moonlets have been discovered orbiting the ringed giant, 24 of ...

Britain may be experiencing somewhat of an Indian summer as record-breaking heat wards off autumn's arrival. But 746 million miles away the opposite appears to be happening, scientists have ...

Try to imagine Saturn without its signature rings. Now picture two large icy moons shifting closer together little by little until — boom. Chaos. What was solid is now fluid. Diamantine shards ...

(WTAJ) — Saturn is a visual marvel in our solar system, but how did it get those awe-inspiring rings? A new series of NASA supercomputer simulations might have the answer. In fact, they believe ...

Try to imagine Saturn without its signature rings. Now picture two large icy moons shifting closer together little by little ...