New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...

Uncover the mystery behind Saturn’s iconic rings. ExtremeTech explains their origins and the science of our solar system.

And the event is relatively rare: Ring plane crossings — as the phenomenon is known — typically occur twice during the 29.4 years it takes Saturn to make one orbit around the sun.

While only lasting for about a day or two, the ring plane crossings, as they’re called, only occur twice during Saturn’s nearly 30-year orbit around the Sun, or about once every 13 to 15 years.

Debris gets thrown around the rings, and some can even rain down directly onto Saturn. The combination of all these dynamical effects produces inflow at rates comparable to the inflow rate Cassini ...

Saturn's rings are long thought to be up to 400 million years old but new data finds they could be around 4.5 billion ... The icy rings could be around 4.5 billion years old just like Saturn, a ...

The ring-plane crossing is a combination of the orbital position and axial tilt of Saturn.. Saturn completes an orbit around the sun every 29.5 years. During that solar orbit, "the angle of the ...

James Webb’s mid-infrared vision has likely captured a frigid, Saturn-mass planet shaping the dusty rings around the nearby ...

Titan’s shadow transits Saturn in a rare 2025 sky event Viewable with telescopes during pre-dawn hours this summer Next Titan ...

There will be several chances to see the shadow of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, pass across the ringed planet's Earth-facing ...

The space-based observatory has revolutionized the way we see space, and it can now add another remarkable accomplishment to ...

Titan, Saturn's largest moon, casts its shadow across the gas giant in a series of rare shadow transits. This unique ...