Out-of-this-world phenomenon: Saturn’s rings will ‘disappear’ over the weekend

The rings of Saturn will temporarily “disappear” this weekend, though most stargazers will be unlikely to see it. The rings are not actually going away, but will be imperceptible because the super-thin band of debris will be angled edge-on toward earth. Its a phenomenon that happens every 13 to 15 years. “They literally almost disappear,”…