Monday, May 29, 2023

If...

 ...dinosaurs had telescopes, they would have seen a smaller ring system around Saturn than we do. That's because Saturn's iconic ring system formed only a few hundred million years ago, tops. It's far younger than the planet, which indicates it was probably formed by some kind of disaster out among Saturn's moons.

And in a few million more years, the rings will be mostly gone. It's a cosmic snapshot and we're lucky as a species to get to see it.

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