Saturn's rings are much younger than we thought

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Saturn's rings are surprisingly youthful and much younger than the gas giant planet itself, new research has revealed.

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A variety of reports are out now on this topic. Here is an example from yesterday.

Saturn's rings younger than previously thought—just a few hundred million years, https://phys.org/news/2023-05-saturn-younger-previously-thoughtjust-million.html

Ref - Large mass inflow rates in Saturn’s rings due to ballistic transport and mass loading, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103522003177?via=ihub, Icarus Volume 400, August 2023, 115221.

My note. While reporting a young age for Saturn ring system and eroding rapidly away, still hope for possible life is presented for Enceladus moon or life in the past or present at the Saturn system.

Here is another report. Saturn's rings are disappearing. The James Webb Space Telescope may reveal how much time they have left, https://forums.space.com/threads/sa...ay-reveal-how-much-time-they-have-left.61224/

My note. Young ages for various ring systems in the solar system and other young age indicators found need to be reconciled with meteorite dating models so the 4.6 Gyr solar system age can be held fast and tight.

Rock that punched hole in New Jersey house confirmed to be 4.6 billion-year-old meteorite, https://forums.space.com/threads/ro...d-to-be-4-6-billion-year-old-meteorite.61392/