Good morning and welcome to Kid News. I'm Kim. Today is Wednesday, December 26, 2018.

And we begin with the most striking planet in the galaxy losing its rings.

According to scientists, Saturn's most famous the galaxy losing its rings.

According to scientists, Saturn's most famed feature will be gone in 100 million years,

which seems like an eternity for humans, but is the blink of an eye in cosmic time, especially when you consider that Saturn

is about 4 billion years old.

The research from NASA shows that the rings, which are made mostly of ice, are being

pulled apart by the planet's gravity and

landing on its surface as buckets of ring rain.

Basically, the rings are raining themselves into oblivion, a phenomenon happening at a rate of 4,400 pounds of water per second.

In international news, the Netherlands already has more bikes than people.

But the Dutch country just announced it wants even more cyclists on the road,

so it will now pay its citizens to pedal.

The government announced it will invest

390 million dollars to get 200,000 more people commuting by bike

over the next three years. The plan includes 15 new routes designated as cyclists freeways, 25,000 new bike parking spaces,

and would pay people 22 cents per kilometer, which is a little more than a half mile, for those who bike to work.

In business news, Amazon just fired another shot across the bow of UPS and FedEx.

The retail giant is adding a bunch of new planes to its fleet to help it deliver more of its own

packages.

The move is another step in Amazon's plan to reduce its dependence on UPS, FedEx, and the U.S. Postal Service

to get its orders to their final destination.

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