Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn ... - Smithsonian Magazine
WEB2 days 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.
Earth had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new study …
WEB3 days 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 ...
Study: Earth had planetary rings like Saturn 466 million years ago
WEB13 hours 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. This period was characterized by significant environmental changes ...
Scientists Find Evidence Earth Used to Have a Ring Like Saturn
WEB1 day ago · Fall 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 ...
Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn Once - TIME
WEB3 days 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 ...
Earth May Have Had Rings Like Saturn, Scientists Say - Forbes
WEB2 days ago · getty. Scientists have found evidence that Earth may have once had a ring system similar to Saturn’s. It appears to have existed about 466 million years ago and may have both rained down ...
Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests
WEB4 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 May Have Once Had a Saturn-Like Ring, New Study Says
WEB3 days 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 May Have Had Rings Like Saturn 466 Million Years Ago
WEB4 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 ...
Planet Earth may have once had a Saturn-like ring say scientists
WEB1 day ago · Saturn is a planet widely recognisable for its iconic rings but a new study suggests Earth may also have had a similar ring system over 50 million years ago.. As part of the research, 21 asteroid craters from 466 million years ago - otherwise known as the “Ordovician impact spike” - were analysed and these all just so happened to be located in an area close to the equator.