... Credit Copyright: Cassini Imaging Team , SSI , JPL , ESA , NASA Explanation: How old are Saturn's rings? ... Inspection of images by the Saturn-orbiting Cassini spacecraft indicates that some of Saturn's ring particles temporarily bunch and collide, effectively recycling ring particles by bringing fresh bright ices to the surface. ... Icy bright Tethys , a moon of Saturn likely brightened by a sandblasting rain of ice from sister moon Enceladus , is visible in front of the darker rings. ...