Optical Illusion to Make Saturn's Iconic Rings Temporarily Invisible from Earth in 2025

Saturn's tilt to render its iconic rings near-invisible from Earth in March 2025 due to optical illusion, with full visibility expected to return by 2032.

Due to an optical illusion resulting from Saturn's tilt, the planet's iconic rings will appear almost invisible from Earth in March 2025.
Saturn's rings, extending up to 175,000 miles from the planet, are incredibly thin with a vertical height of just about 10 meters in the main rings.
This apparent disappearance of the rings happens around once every 13-16 years, during Saturn's equinox, when the sun shines directly over the equator.
The rings will become more and more visible as Saturn begins tilting away from Earth, with the best visibility expected to return in 2032.
The rings, first observed by Galileo Galilei in 1610, are believed to be made from remnants of comets, asteroids, or crushed moons that broke up before reaching Saturn.