Cassini Reveals the Surprisingly Young Age of Saturn's Rings

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By Chelsea Gohd
Jan 17, 2019 7:00 PMMay 21, 2019 4:04 PM
On July 19, 2013, in an event celebrated the world over, NASA's Cassini spacecraft slipped into Saturn's shadow and turned to image the planet, seven of its moons, its inner rings
Using observations from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, researchers have found that Saturn's rings are actually much younger than the planet itself. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI)

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