WHEN YOU THINK OF
SATURN, THE ICONIC
RINGS PROBABLY COME
TO MIND.
BUT THE DISTINCTIVE
FEATURE COULD ONE
DAY, DISAPPEAR.
NASA PREDICTS THE
RINGS AROUND THE
PLANET WILL BE PULLED
APART BY THE GAS
GIANT'S GRAVITY IN LESS
THAN 100 MILLION
YEARS.
WHILE THAT SOUNDS
LIKE A LONG TIME,
CONSIDER THIS, SATURN
IS MORE THAN 4 BILLION
YEARS OLD.
THE RINGS ARE MADE UP
OF ICE, WHICH RANGE IN
SIZE FROM
MICROSCOPIC GRAINS
TO HUGE BOULDERS.
ACCORDING TO NASA,
THE RINGS WILL CREATE
A SEVERE FLOOD AS
THEY BREAK APART,
ENOUGH TO FILL AN
OLYMPIC SIZE SWIMMING
POOL EVERY 30
MINUTES.
