New study puts a definitive age on Saturn's rings-they're really young

Boulder CO (SPX) May 15, 2023

A new study led by physicist Sascha Kempf at the University of Colorado Boulder has delivered the strongest evidence yet that Saturn's rings are remarkably young-potentially answering a question that has boggled scientists for well over a century. The research, to be published May 12 in the journal Science Advances, pegs the age of Saturn's rings at no more than 400 million years old. That