The great Saturn ring debate is far from settled, ... Crida therefore thinks that Saturn's rings are ancient — as old as the solar system. ... but has been known to dabble in the space art beat.

New models suggest Saturn's gravity shredded a moon, Chrysalis, about 160 million years ago. The ancient moon could explain two long-standing mysteries: Saturn's iconic rings and dramatic tilt.

The mystery behind Saturn's weirdest ring, the F ring, and its two shepherd moons, Pandora and Prometheus, has been solved. An ancient collision caused it, scientists say.

New models suggest Saturn's gravity shredded a moon, Chrysalis, about 160 million years ago. The ancient moon could explain two long-standing mysteries: Saturn's iconic rings and dramatic tilt.

Astronomers have recently discovered that nitrogen in Titan's atmosphere may have originated far from Saturn's womb in the dimly-lit and bitter cold Oort Cloud, ancient birthplace of comets.

New models suggest Saturn's gravity shredded a moon, Chrysalis, about 160 million years ago. The ancient moon could explain two long-standing mysteries: Saturn's iconic rings and dramatic tilt.

The mystery behind the origin of what may be Saturn's oddest ring and its two companion moons may finally be solved: They came from an ancient, catastrophic collision, researchers say. In 1979, NASA's ...