• Question: Is it possible to walk on the rings of Saturn?

    Asked by samuel1299 to Kate, Mark U, Tess, Yue on 1 May 2012.
    • Photo: Tess Newman

      Tess Newman answered on 1 May 2012:

      Sadly the rings aren’t as solid as they appear through our microscopes. The rings are almost entirely made up of ice, but they aren’t solid. Instead, the ice is in lumps, ranging from a few cms to a few meters, and aren’t closely packed enough together for us to walk on them

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