After 2025, stargazers will have the chance to observe the lower part of Saturn's rings, something that hasn't happened in more than a decade.
Saturn's rings, commonly known as Saturn's rings, are giant structures, spanning 70,000 to 140,000 km (equivalent to 30 Earths) in space, according to Fox News on November 6.
But they are also almost “paper-thin”, with the main rings only about 10 m thick. This makes them disappear when viewed from the side, or we can say that Saturn is in a state of “falling ring”.
Every 13.5 to nearly 16 years, Earth sees Saturn in a vertical plane. Because Saturn is 1.2 billion kilometers away from Earth, Earth's inhabitants will discover that the planet's rings have "fallen away".
NASA confirmed that the gas giant's rings will disappear from March 2025 and this will last for about 18 months.
Fortunately, the condition is temporary, and Saturn's rings will be revealed as they tilt toward Earth during the next phase of its 29-year orbit.
The last time this rare astronomical phenomenon occurred was in September 2009, and before that, it had not appeared since February 1996.
After the 2025 event, astronomers won't have the chance to observe Saturn on its side again until October 2038.
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