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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
Earth used to have Saturn-like rings, new study suggests
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 remnants may have surrounded our planet,
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.
Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn Once
If 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 pretty much the same as they do today.
Earth may once have had a planetary ring
C ould Earth once have had a planetary ring like the ones around Saturn? Scientists from Monash University in Australia think so. In a recent paper they identify 450m-year-old craters that lie close to Earth’s historical equator.
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.
Scientists unveil theory: Earth once had Saturn-like rings
Scientists have concluded that the Earth may have had a ring system similar to Saturn's based on the analysis of the location of craters on our planet. Scientists claim that over 450 million years ago,
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The Seven Most Interesting Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Saturn
Until scientists learn more then, here are seven of the most fascinating discoveries they’ve made about Saturn so far. The ...
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See Monday’s ‘Super Harvest Moon Eclipse’ And Saturn: The Night Sky This Week
I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the ...
Interesting Engineering
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Alien star may have gifted moons to Jupiter and Saturn billions of years ago
The outer solar system is home to thousands of smaller celestial bodies beyond Neptune. Many of these objects have peculiar ...
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OTD In Space - September 18: Voyager 1 Takes First Photo Of Earth-Moon System
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft took a photo of Earth and the moon. It was the first time both the Earth and the moon were ...
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Interstellar Travel Is Possible If We Break Into a Higher Dimension, Scientists Say
And luckily for us, quantum physicists think they know how to reach that higher dimension. In the 2014 film Interstellar, ...
unilad
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Saturn's iconic rings will disappear in just months for a bizarre reason but there's a catch
Saturn's rings will disappear in just a few months and the reason why is pretty bizarre. The rings of Saturn - which most of ...
New Atlas
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Earth may have once had a ring like Saturn – and it caused chaos
Saturn
’s rings are iconic ... Meteorite debris in those craters shows signs of not having spent much time in
space
before crashing to Earth, which is consistent with material from a relatively ...
Australian Geographic
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Mapping confirms waves on Saturn’s moon
Saturn's moon, Titan, is the only other celestial body we know of where long-lasting reservoirs of liquid pool on the surface ...
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Volcanoes may help reveal interior heat on Jupiter moon
By staring into the hellish landscape of Jupiter's moon Io—the most volcanically active location in the solar system—Cornell ...
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