Scientists Find Evidence Earth Used to Have a Ring Like Saturn
WEBSep 20, 2024 · 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 ...
It Turns Out Earth May Have Once Had a Ring - Popular Mechanics
WEB4 days ago · JoyTasa // Getty Images. A recent study claims that Earth may have once had a ring. The theory would explain the presence of an odd density of impact craters around the equator dating back to the ...
Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn ... - Smithsonian Magazine
WEBSep 19, 2024 · 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 had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new study …
WEBSep 18, 2024 · 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 Once Had a Ring That Slowly Fell From The Sky
WEBSep 17, 2024 · Once upon a time, Earth may have sported a planetary ring of its very own. The hypothetical ring didn't last long, cosmically speaking – just a few tens of millions of years. But that was long enough to have left a lasting impression on Earth's geological record, according to an analysis led by planetary scientist Andy Tomkins of Monash ...
Scientists suggest Earth was once a ringed planet like Saturn ...
WEBSep 18, 2024 · The paper, “ Evidence Suggesting That Earth Had a Ring in the Ordovician,” was just published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters. The researchers, led by Prof. Andrew Tomkins ...
Earth may once have had a ring like Saturn | New Scientist
WEBSep 17, 2024 · 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 significantly affected the...
Earth may have had a ring system 466 million years ago
WEBSep 16, 2024 · 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, which formed around 466 million years ago, at the beginning a period of unusually intense meteorite bombardment known as the Ordovician …
Hidden craters reveal Earth may once have had a ring like Saturn ...
WEB2 days ago · The rings of Saturn are some of the best-known and spectacular objects in the solar system. Earth may once have had something similar. In a paper published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, my colleagues and I present evidence that Earth may have had a ring.. The existence of such a ring, forming about 466 million years ago and persisting for a few tens of millions of years, could ...
Study: Earth had planetary rings like Saturn 466 million years ago
WEBSep 21, 2024 · 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 ...
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