How did the rings form around Saturn?

Scientists have discovered how Saturn's famous rings came to be.

In fact, these circles are caused by one of our moons, the second largest planet in our solar system.

According to the research of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the moon was broken into pieces under the influence of Saturn's gravity.

Most of Saturn's rings were formed from the debris of this moon.

According to scientists, this moon of Saturn was called Chrysalis and this explains why these circles of the planet are only 10 million years old, while the age of the planet itself is more than 4 billion years.

This also explains why Saturn is so tilted on its axis, the researchers said.

He said that our research also explains the 'young age' of these spheres of Saturn.

Using data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, researchers developed new scientific models that suggest something happened 160 million years ago that ended Neptune's influence on Saturn.

He said that this happened when a big moon of Saturn got lost somewhere.

There are currently 83 moons orbiting Saturn, and scientists believe that between 20 and 100 million years ago, Chrysalis came very close to the planet under the influence of Saturn's gravity.

As a result, the moon broke into pieces and parts of it formed the rings of Saturn.

The results of this research were published in the journal Science.