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Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466 Million Years Ago
A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, according to a new study
Scientists Find Evidence Earth Used to Have a Ring Like Saturn
From Grace Earth may have had its own ring system that formed around 466 million years ago, lasting for tens of millions of years. As detailed in a new study published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters,
Saturn-like ring may have once encircled Earth, study finds
Researchers have found evidence suggesting that the Earth may have once had a system of Saturn-like rings. The rings are theorized to have formed 466 million years ago during one of the coldest periods in the planet's history, known as the Ordovician.
How Earth may once have had a Saturn-like ring
Some 466 million years ago, a ring comprising debris of a destroyed asteroid, would have towered over the equator. Here is what its impact would have been
Study: Earth had planetary rings like Saturn 466 million years ago
Scientists have proposed a fascinating new idea: Earth may have once possessed a ring system, akin to that of Saturn. These rings could have formed around 466 million years ago, during a tumultuous era marked by intense meteorite bombardment known as the Ordovician impact spike.
Earth May Have Had Rings Like Saturn, Scientists Say
Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly influencing the planet's climate.
Earth had a ring just like Saturn, groundbreaking theory suggests
Did Earth once look a lot more like Saturn? Scientists believe the answer is yes! In a groundbreaking study, researchers in Australia are proposing that Earth may have once sported its own spectacular ring system.
Earth probably had a Saturn-like ring system in the distant past
Researchers have found evidence suggesting that our planet may have once had a ring system around 466 million years ago.
Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn Once
I f astronomers had been walking the Earth 466 million years ago, they may have had something special to see. The moon and the planets and the stars and the sun would have looked
Earth May Have Once Had a Saturn-Like Ring, New Study Says
The new study asserts that Earth's ring formed around 466 million years ago, and stuck around for around 40 million years before dissipating. Researchers say that the existence of such a ring would help solve several puzzles from Earth's past and that much of the data they collected supports its existence.
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See Saturn's 'Ring Spokes' In Amazing Hubble Space Telescope Time-Lapse
New Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Saturn show it's 'ring spokes' in orbit around the gas giant planet. Credit: ...
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Earth may have once had a ring like Saturn – and it caused chaos
Saturn’s rings are iconic, but new evidence suggests Earth might once have sported one of its own. This ring would have ...
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