50 years ago, an Earth-based telescope spotted Saturn’s fourth ring
Excerpt from the June 3, 1967, issue of Science News Letter
![Saturn's ring system](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/041817_EC_50YA-saturn_main_FREE.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
FULL CIRCLE Saturn’s ring system is incredibly complex, as shown in this image taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in 2013.
JPL-Caltech/NASA, Space Science Institute