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Saturn’s rings are one of the jewels of the solar system, but it seems that their time is short and their existence fleeting.A new study suggests the rings are between 400 million and 100 million years old – a fraction of the age of the solar system.
Scientists continue to study Saturn's rings and refine their estimates of their age and lifetime. In two new studies, researchers find the planet will lose its rings relatively soon.