Ep. 539: Weird Issues: Why We Don't Know the Age of Saturn's Rings
Full Raw Episode with Q&A
365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition · [email protected]
September 23, 201959m 30s
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Show Notes
How old are Saturn's rings? They could be brand new, or they could be as ancient as the Solar System itself. Planetary scientists thought they knew the answer thanks to new data from Cassini, but new ideas are calling even that into question.