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Saturn's rings are composed mainly of water ice, not solid rock.

Why it is true

Observations from the Cassini mission confirmed that Saturn's rings are made of billions of water ice particles, ranging in size from dust grains to house sized blocks, mixed with some rocky debris and dust.

Source: NASA

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