Will Saturn ever lose its rings?

Saturn photographed by CassiniEventually, probably, yes.

Saturn's rings are changing constantly. Various forces including gravity from Saturn and its moons continuously tug on the rings. On the whole the rings are fairly stable but in the far distant future we expect them to disappear altogether. Estimates range from 100 million years to a billion years but we'll just have to wait and see exactly how long it takes.

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