SciShow: Why Are Saturn’s Rings Younger Than Saturn?

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Content of the Lesson: Saturn's rings are younger than Saturn, and the most spectacular sight in the Solar System is also disappearing. How do we know? By running our finger through some cosmic dust. Hosted by: Savannah Geary ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Matt Curls, Alisa Sherbow, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Adam Brainard, Chris Peters, charles george, Piya Shedden, Alex Hackman, Christopher R, Boucher, Jeffrey Mckishen, Ash, Silas Emrys, Eric Jensen, Kevin Bealer, Jason A Saslow, Tom Mosner, Tomás Lagos González, Jacob, Christoph Schwanke, Sam Lutfi, Bryan Cloer ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishowFacebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/988728 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adf8537 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aat2965 https://www.planetary.org/articles/how-do-planets-get-rings https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103518302999?via%3Dihub https://www.newscientist.com/article/2337884-saturns-rings-could-have-come-from-a-destroyed-moon-named-chrysalis/ IMAGES https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/close-up-of-a-mans-finger-sliding-across-the-dusty-stock-footage/1470578598?adppopup=true https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/reconstruction-of-a-devonian-amphibian-ichthyostega-royalty-free-image/1396467453?phrase=Devonian+period&adppopup=true https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/30348 https://svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12672 https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/cassini/mission/grand-finale/overview/ https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/goddard/2018/ring-rain https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jupiter_ring_voyager2_false_color.GIF https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/nasa-s-webb-scores-another-ringed-world-with-new-image-of-uranus/ https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/neptune-shows-off-its-rings-in-near-infrared-light https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/news/2016/11/22/spacecrafts-ring-grazing-maneuver-to-deliver-new-science-from-saturn/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Galileosaturnus.jpg https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/resources/17561/cassinis-high-flying-ring-grazing-orbits/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cassini-cda2b.jpg https://www.google.com/url?q=https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Artist_impression_of_Quaoar_and_its_ring_ESA24681885.jpeg&sa=D&source=docs&ust=1690828200299137&usg=AOvVaw0wuTezgPvk9pdpsYPYlOfL


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