What if a massive hole was made in Saturn's rings?

Cosmic Mystery - What Huge Object Caused The Hole In One Of Saturn's Rings? Saturn's Moon Pandora. Image credit: NASA. It is possible that Pandora's strong gravitational pull dragged out material from the F-ring. read more

Each individual rock that makes up the rings is in orbit around the planet. When orbiting, the further you are out from the planet - the slower the orbit becomes. read more

Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune have rings, too. But Saturn's rings are the biggest and brightest. An astronomer named Galileo was the first person to see Saturn's rings. He spotted them while looking into space through a telescope in 1610. That's almost 400 years ago! Scientists have been trying to learn more about Saturn's rings ever since. read more

The rings could be made from these broken pieces of moons. The rings may also be made from material left over from when Saturn first formed. From far away, Saturn looks like it has seven large rings. Each large ring is named for a letter of the alphabet. The rings were named in the order they were discovered. read more

Adorned with a dazzling system of icy rings, Saturn is unique among the planets. It is not the only planet to have rings, but none are as spectacular or as complex as Saturn's. Like fellow gas giant Jupiter, Saturn is a massive ball made mostly of hydrogen and helium. read more