Why Does Saturn have rings?
Scientists have ideas about why Saturn has rings, but no one knows for sure.
What are Saturn's rings made of? Are they solid Or are they made of many particles dancing in formation around the planet? Four robotic spacecraft from Earth have visited Saturn—Pioneer 11, Voyager 1, Voyager 2, and Cassini. They have revealed many surprising things about Saturn's rings.

The small color differences in Saturn's rings have been enhanced in this picture from Voyager 2 data.

This Voyager 2 picture shows the gap in the rings called the Cassini Division.

Over 60 bright and dark ringlets show up in this color enhanced image from Voyager 2 data.
There are actually many rings—maybe 500 to 1000. There are also gaps in the rings. (That's why we put some black rings on our model Saturns.)

Cassini also carried a probe, called Huygens (HOY-guns), that parachuted into the atmosphere of Saturn's giant moon Titan. Huygens sent back amazing information and images from this strange world whose surface we have never seen.
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