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Saturn’s rings may be more massive than previously thought, and potentially much older, according to calculations that simulate colliding particles in Saturn’s rings and their erosion by meteorites.

These results support the possibility that Saturn’s rings formed billions of years ago, perhaps at the time when giant impacts excavated the great basins on the Moon.

The findings also suggest that giant exoplanets may also commonly have rings.

NASA's Cassini mission is closing one chapter of its journey at Saturn and embarking on a new one with a two-year mission that will address new questions and bring it closer to two of its most intriguing targets -- Titan and Enceladus.

Researchers have discovered a secondary aurora sparkling on Saturn and also started to unravel the mechanisms that drive the process.

Their results show that Saturn's secondary aurora is much more like Jupiter's in origin than it is the Earth's.

UK and German scientists explain intriguing phenomenon on Saturn's moon.