New NASA supercomputer simulations show that Saturn's rings may have been formed by a 'massive collision' of icy moons.

With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

"Rings are mostly made of ice and small rocks," said William Saunders, a planetary scientist at NASA's Langley Research ...

The age of Saturn's rings has long been controversial, with some researchers believing they formed along with Saturn about 4.5 billion years ago and others suggesting they are very young ...

New findings contradict conventional belief that Saturn's rings were formed along with the planet about 4.5 billion years ago Saturn's rings are much younger than the planet itself, and likely ...

But the question of when they first formed has long puzzled experts ... most detailed look at Saturn's rings and its moons. Observations made by the craft, helped experts calculate that the ...

Is frozen water scattered in systems around other stars? Astronomers have long expected it is, partially based on previous ...

The researchers concluded that the planet's rings formed less than 400 million years ago, making them much younger than Saturn ... How One of Saturn's Moons Ejects Particles from Oceans Beneath ...

Saturn's beautiful rings are made of icy bits of rock and dust. Scientists think the rings formed when asteroids, comets and pieces of moons shattered into bits under the force of Saturn's gravity.