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Saturn's Rings

Saturn's otherworldly rings encircle the planet and extend out for hundreds of thousands of kilometers. The rings—there are thousands—are made up of billions of ice and rock particles, thought to be pieces of comets, asteroids, or shattered moons.

Photograph courtesy NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute