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.

Saturn may owe its sweeping ring system and distinctive tilt to the death of an ancient moon named Chrysalis, according to the results of a new study. The gas giant Saturn is one of the most ...

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But a new modeling study run by MIT scientists suggests the origin story for the rings is a bit more gruesome—the violent death of an ancient moon, at the hands of Saturn. Today’s Saturn is ...

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Saturn’s rings and tilt could be the product of an ancient, missing moon A “grazing encounter” may have smashed the moon to bits to form Saturn’s rings, a new study suggests.

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.

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Saturn's rings and tilt could be the product of an ancient, missing moon A 'grazing encounter' may have smashed the moon to bits to form Saturn's rings, a new study suggests ...