A view across Saturn's ring plane, looking towards the so-called ring mountains. The ring mountains are strange vertical structures found on the edge of Saturn's B ring. They are not solid, but are rather a constantly changing accumulation of ring pa...

An animation across Saturn's ring plane, looking towards the so-called ring mountains. The ring mountains are strange vertical structures found on the edge of Saturn's B ring. They are not solid, but are rather a constantly changing accumulation of r...

... ternal influence, and one idea is a nearby, planet within the habitable zone causing 'resonant trapping' of these transiting structures. ...

... inning just faster that orbital velocity to hold it taught. Currents circulating in this ring turn it into an electromagnet. Structures can but hung from this ring, or built onto platforms adjacent to it but not touching it. Held in place by magnetic ...

... inning just faster that orbital velocity to hold it taught. Currents circulating in this ring turn it into an electromagnet. Structures can but hung from this ring, or built onto platforms adjacent to it but not touching it. Held in place by magnetic ...

Artwork of astronauts high above the Earth on a structure attached to an orbital ring. An orbital ring is a magnetised construct that encircles the Earth and moves around it with orbital velocity. Structures can be magnetically levitated above the ri...

Artwork of astronauts high above the Earth on a structure attached to an orbital ring. An orbital ring is a magnetised construct that encircles the Earth and moves around it with orbital velocity. Structures can be magnetically levitated above the ri...