Saturn?s Rings Formed from a Large Moon?s Destruction

The formation of Saturn?s rings has been one of the classical if not eternal questions in astronomy. But one researcher has provided a provocative new theory to answer that question. Robin Canup from the Southwest Research Institute has uncovered evidence that the rings came from a large, Titan-sized moon that was destroyed as it spiraled into a young Saturn.


Additionally, neither of these theories would explain Saturn?s inner moons, which have low enough densities that they too must be [...]

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