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Experts don’t agree on age of Saturn’s rings

Data from orbiting Cassini craft may help resolve debate

Saturn and its rings

YOUNG OR OLD  The age of Saturn’s rings, seen in this March 19 image from the Cassini spacecraft, is still hotly debated among researchers.

JPL-Caltech/NASA, Space Science Institute

By Christopher Crockett

- More than 2 years ago

PASADENA, Calif. — Saturn’s rings have maintained a youthful look, while still possibly being almost as old as the solar system itself.