Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn ... - Smithsonian Magazine
WEB18 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.
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 ...
Earth had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new study …
WEB2 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 ...
Could Earth Have Been Ringed Like Saturn? Scientists Think So
WEB2 days ago · Research suggests Earth might have once boasted a spectacular ring similar to Saturn’s, formed from an asteroid breakup around 466 million years ago. This event coincides with numerous meteorite impacts primarily around the equator and a subsequent period of significant global cooling. The geological and climate anomalies during this period ...
Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests
WEB3 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 had a ring system 466 million years ago - Phys.org
WEB3 days ago · DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118991. In a discovery that challenges our understanding of Earth's ancient history, researchers have found evidence suggesting that Earth may have had a ring system that ...
WEBEarth may have had a ring system 466 million years ago. September 16 2024. Areas of continental crust proximal to the equator during the Ordovician. Areas older than Ordovician are indicated in ...
Hidden craters reveal Earth may once have had a ring – like Saturn
WEB4 days ago · The rings of Saturn are some of the most famous and spectacular objects in the Solar System. Earth may once have had something similar. In a paper published last week in Earth & Planetary Science ...
Earth may once have had a ring like Saturn | New Scientist
WEB3 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 ...
Earth may once have had a planetary ring - The Economist
WEB1 day ago · Sep 18th 2024. 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 ...