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Swirling around the planet's equator, the rings of Saturn are a dead giveaway that the planet is spinning at a tilt. The belted giant rotates at a 26.7-degree angle relative to the plane in which it orbits the sun. Astronomers have long suspected...
Saturn's rings might have formed 100 million years ago when one of its icy moons was ripped apart by the planet's gravity.
Of all the rings in the Solar System, Saturn's are, inarguably, the most spectacular.
Theory of inner satellite ripped apart by gas giant’s gravity 100-200m years ago also explains rings’ relative youth
Discovered by Galileo 400 years ago, the rings of Saturn are about the most striking thing astronomers with small telescopes can spot in our solar system.