Well, that also would count as "quite different". But it might not be completely binary, not either smooth rings or none.
Good news is that Earth will be getting its own set of rings in the future, but they will be made of space junk Isn't that perfectly symbolic of humanity lol? I wonder if space junk rings can ever be as spectacular as what Saturn naturally has?Yes, the texture is realistic, at least for some parts of the rings:
Close Views Show Saturn's Rings in Unprecedented Detail | NASA
Ring systems -- especially Saturn's -- are complicated. The texture is not the same everywhere, as it depends on things like particle size, density, and perturbations from moons. I'd like to see the texture brought back in the future, too, but better showing those variations. There are also many other complexities of ring systems in nature that are important. Adding the particles and the effects of light scattering through the rings were big steps in the right direction.
I wonder about this too, there are actually rings around some rocky planets in SE....I believe Tau Ceti has a spectacular planet like that. We need to separate the kind of rings Saturn has vs what the other gas giants have, because Saturn belongs in a class by itself. Still, I wonder if there is an exoplanet somewhere that has even more spectacular rings.....I remember reading about this awhile back but don't remember what planet it was.I wonder, we only know about rings around gas giants, and there are so many fine rings, i.e. dust with very uniform orbits. But gas giants are themselves uniform with uniform surface gravity and a simple geoid. What about rings around rocky planets with a complex geoid? Would the rings be quite different with more large scale texture?
There are planets between gas and rocky but you can't have smth in between having or not having rings. They either exist or not.What I'm saying is that there must be planets between gas giants and planets that wont have stable rings, and what would rings around those look like?