Exploring the Origins of Saturn’s Rings and Moons

New NASA and Durham University simulations put forth a theory of the origin of Saturn’s rings and icy moons – they may have formed following a massive collision between two moons orbiting the gas giant. The simulations used in this research are some of the most detailed of their kind to study the formation of Saturn’s rings and potentially habitable icy moons. Credit: NASA/Jacob Kegerreis/Luís Teodoro Music Provided by Universal Production Music: Cyclic Marimba by Eric Chevalier. NASA’s Ames Research Center is located in California’s Silicon Valley.