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 ...
Earth May Have Had Rings Like Saturn, Scientists Say - Forbes
WEB1 day ago · Ring Shadow. The debris ring may also have cast a shadow on Earth, which has implications for the planet's climate. The ice age at the end of the Ordovician period is considered one of the coldest ...
Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn ... - Smithsonian Magazine
WEB17 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 once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters …
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 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 had rings like Saturn, new study suggests - Chron
WEB19 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 ...
Hidden craters reveal Earth may once have had a ring—like Saturn
WEB2 days 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 system, new evidence ...
WEB18 hours ago · For example, the ring may have cast a giant shadow on Earth, leading to a global cooling event that scientists refer to as the Hirnantian Icehouse. This period occurred near the end of the ...
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 ...
Hidden Craters Reveal Earth May Once Have Had A Ring Like Saturn
WEB16 hours ago · By Andrew Tomkins/The Conversation. 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 Letters, my colleagues and I present evidence that Earth may have had a ring. The existence of such a ring, forming around 466 million years ago and persisting for ...
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