Hubble Reveals the Evolution of Saturn’s Ring Tilt (2018-2024)

This is a series of Hubble Space Telescope images of the planet Saturn taken from 2018 to 2024. This sequence shows how the tilt of the magnificent ring system changes relative to the view from Earth, as Saturn orbits the Sun. Approximately every 15 years the relatively paper-thin rings (about one mile thick) can be seen edge-on. In 2018 they were near their maximum tilt toward Earth. These images were taken under a Hubble program called OPAL (Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy).