The Mysterious Disappearance of Saturn's Rings
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Saturn's innermost rings are eroding due to the erosion of ice particles that make up each of the seven layers. NASA is planning to use the James Webb Space Telescope and Hawaii's Keck Observatory to determine how much longer the rings have left. Scientists believe that space rocks and radiation from the sun are causing the erosion. The rings could be as old as 4.5 billion years or as new as 10 million to 100 million years.
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