How Saturn’s Rings Formed | The Planets: Saturn
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How Saturn’s Rings Formed | The Planets: Saturn
Learn why scientists from NASA’s Cassini mission now believe that Saturn’s rings are much younger than previously thought—and understand the role that gravity may have played in creating them—in this media gallery from NOVA The Planets: Saturn. Use this resource to explore some of the effects that gravity has on planetary systems and how they might explain the age and composition of Saturn’s rings.