The G-ring is a faint and narrow circlet of debris located beyond Saturn's main set of rings. There is no obvious way it could have formed. Material for Saturn's E-ring is supplied by debris shed ...

The origins of Saturn’s rings, shown here in an image from Hubble Space Telescope, have always been mysterious. But now, scientists have identified the G ring’s possible source as unseen, icy ...

Saturn, one of the most captivating planets in our solar system, is famous for its stunning and intricate ring system. These rings, composed primarily of ice particles, rocky debris, and cosmic ...

Saturn’s rings will become nearly invisible from Earth by March 2025 due to Saturn's axis tilting, aligning the rings edge-on with our line of sight. This rare event occurs every 29.5 years and ...

A loosely knit band of roving ice boulders in orbit around Saturn could be providing the raw material for one of the planet's rings, scientists say.

The formation of Saturn's rings is a general mystery, but theorists figure they're the result of one or more breakups of icy objects in the past. In particular though, the G-ring has really ...

Since astronomer Galileo Galilei first noticed something odd about Saturn in 1610, the planet's picturesque rings have posed many fascinating puzzles. Over the past 13 years, the American-European ...

Saturn's rings have less than 100 million years to live — that's not a lot considering the planet itself is 4 billion years old ...

Mimas lies outside the G ring, and many more moons reside inside the wide E ring. This activity will allow you to get a closer look at the rings and moons that make up Saturn’s gorgeous ring system.

Deeper exposure will help the team probe some of Saturn’s more faint rings that aren’t visible in this image. These include the thin G ring and the diffuse E ring.

The G ring is one of Saturn's outermost rings: it is more than 168,000km from the centre of the planet and more than 15,000km from the nearest moon. "It's a dusty ring," explained Matthew Hedman, a ...

Discover interesting facts about Saturn, its rings and whether it could contain extraterrestrial life.