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Saturn's rings may be relatively young.

Authors :
OGASA, NIKK
Source :
Science News. 6/17/2023, Vol. 203 Issue 11, p14-14. 2/3p. 1 Color Photograph.
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Stains on Saturn's rings, shown in this picture from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, suggest the halos are no older than 400 million years. Out of millions of dust particles floating among the rings, Kempf and colleagues identified about 160 micrometeoroids that could have hailed from beyond the Saturn system. [Extracted from the article]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00368423
Volume :
203
Issue :
11
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Science News
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
164026858