Saturn's losing it!

Saturn and Rings    (NASA/JPL photo)

Some rings are worth losing, like the one around a used bathtub. 

Others are definite keepers, such as engagement and wedding sparklers.  But even those get lost from time to time.  And when they do, panic ensues.

So imagine the bedlam when Saturn finally loses her own mighty rings. Why this is akin to a beauty queen losing her jewels!  While walking the runway, no less…

Fortunately, we have another 300 million years to think this one over.  Perhaps humans will be so advanced by then that they'll have a solution.  That is, if they even still exist within a solar system fraught with change…

Resources

https://www.msn.com/en-sg/news/science/saturn-losing-rings-at-worst-case-scenario-rate/ar-BBR7MfQ

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