Earth had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new study …
WEB1 day ago · Here’s how it works. Earth may have sported a Saturn-like ring system 466 million years ago, after it captured and wrecked a passing asteroid, a new study suggests. The debris ring, which likely ...
Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn Once | TIME
WEB1 day ago · The 23-degree tilt of the Earth’s axis would have caused the ring to present its surface to the sun, casting a shadow in the atmosphere and on the ground below and causing global temperatures to ...
Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn ... - Smithsonian Magazine
WEB5 hours ago · The team, whose research was published online last week in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, suggests that almost half a billion years ago, Earth may have had a ring, just like Saturn.
Hidden craters reveal Earth may once have had a ring—like Saturn
WEB1 day ago · The rings of Saturn are among the most famous and spectacular features in the solar system. Earth may once have had something similar. In a paper published in Earth & Planetary Science Letters, my ...
Earth May Have Once Had a Saturn-Like Ring, New Study Says
WEB1 day ago · While Saturn's rings are the best known, Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune also have rings. And now, a new study published in the scientific journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters seems to show ...
Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests
WEB2 days ago · An artist's impression of Earth and its ancient asteroid ring.(Image credit: Oliver Hull) Earth may have had a giant ring of space rocks surrounding it, similar to those around Saturn, which could ...
Earth once had rings like Saturn, new study suggests - Chron
WEB7 hours ago · Oliver Hull. Earth and Saturn might be a lot more similar than previously thought. In a new study, a team of researchers suggests that 466 million years ago, a ring system made up of asteroid ...
Scientists suggest Earth was once a ringed planet like Saturn ...
WEB1 day ago · Unlimited online access to National Post and 15 news sites with one account. ... This was an explosion of life forms at about the same time. Earth’s ring, if it existed, may have been ...
Earth May Have Had Rings Like Saturn 466 Million Years Ago
WEB2 days ago · The researchers' idea that Earth once had rings comes from reconstructions of Earth's plate tectonics from the Ordovician period—which ran between 485.4 million years and 443.8 million years ago ...
Earth may once have had a ring like Saturn | New Scientist
WEB2 days ago · Oliver Hull. After a near miss with an asteroid 466 million years ago, Earth may have developed a Saturn-like ring of debris that lasted for tens of millions of years – and may have ...