Saturn's rings

An enhanced colour image of Daphnis embedded in Saturn's rings, kicking up waves of material. The images in the mosaic were taken in visible light, using the Cassini's narrow-angle camera at a distance of approximately 28,000km from the ring moon. Image scale is 170m per pixel. Credit: Tilmann Denk at Freie Universität in Berlin.

Never-before-seen detail revealed in Saturn’s rings

A view of Saturn’s rings captured by the Cassini spacecraft on 21 July 2016. Just below rings can be spotted Saturn’s tiny moon Mimas. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Saturn’s rings are disappearing

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The Story of the Solar System: Inside the rings of Saturn

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Moons hold Saturn’s rings in place

A view of the northern hemisphere of Saturn in 2016, as it nears its summer solstice in May 2017. Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute

Saturn’s secrets revealed

An image of Uranus and its rings captured by the Keck II telescope
Source: W. M. Keck Observatory (Marcos van Dam)

New moons around Uranus?

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Cassini team weighs Saturn’s B ring