F-Ring

Bumper Car Moonlets Crash and Crumble in Saturn’s F Ring

Nothing stands still. Everything evolves. So why shouldn't Saturn's kookie, clumpy F ring put on a new face from time…

10 years ago

Saturn’s Ring Shows A Twist In Cassini’s Glimpse Of Planet

What's up with this distortion? This picture from the Cassini spacecraft shows some kind of twist happening in the F…

11 years ago

A “Mini Jet” Juts from Saturn’s F Ring

We all know that Saturn's moon Enceladus has a whole arsenal of geysers jetting a constant spray of ice out…

11 years ago

A Ghostly “Ladder” in Saturn’s F Ring

Saturn's F ring is certainly a curious structure. Orbiting the giant planet 82,000 kilometers above its equatorial cloud tops, the…

11 years ago

Saturn’s Fluctuating F Ring

Bright clumps of material spotted within Saturn's ropy F ring (NASA/JPL/SSI) Released today, this image acquired by NASA's Cassini spacecraft…

12 years ago

Glittering ‘Mini-Jets’ Found in Saturn’s Curious F-Ring

[/caption] New images from the Cassini spacecraft have revealed kilometer-sized objects piercing through parts of Saturn's F ring, leaving glittering…

13 years ago