The rings are most likely the result of grabbing inbound comets as they fall down the Sun’s gravity well, then tearing them apart with its own gravity into smaller chunks.
Some rings are narrow and some are wide, suggesting different size comets for each ring.................
You mean Saturn’s gravity well, I believe.
The moons themselves are likely the source of the rings, and the rings also build back up into small moons.
The original moons may have been captured by Saturn, but Jupiter’s captures are all in retrograde, so...
Except for the outer ring. That’s made/replenished by Enceladus’s volcanoes.
Disagree...the rings come from the planets surface and atmosphere, IMO. Take a spongee ball or a ball with a smooth surface (not a fuzzy tennis ball), wet it, then spin it around real fast. You will notice the water tends to come off in the middle of the sphere. Similar thing!
But why would they fall into an orbit, rather than fall to the surface? And all in the same plane; the distance out and angle of attack would have to be perfect, repeatedly.
You all remember the train of bolids that rained down on Jupiter a few years ago? Could a train of objects come through the solar system that resulted in the great strikes of the Permian extinction event, and/or the death of the dinosaurs event which passed by close enough to Saturn or other planets to strike and kick up “dust” resulting in rings?? The Permian event falls within the age range mentioned, and since they say the rings could be newer, then it could also include the dinosaur event. Of course, possible similar events are possible that did not land on earth.
The article suggests an asteroid or comet collision with one of Saturn’s moons.