50 years ago, an Earth-based telescope spotted Saturn’s fourth ring
Excerpt from the June 3, 1967, issue of Science News Letter

FULL CIRCLE Saturn’s ring system is incredibly complex, as shown in this image taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in 2013.
JPL-Caltech/NASA, Space Science Institute
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