Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn ... - Smithsonian Magazine
WEB18 hours ago · 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 ...
Earth had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new ... - Space.com
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 ...
Ancient Ring System May Have Surrounded Earth 466 Million …
WEB1 day ago · Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Sep 19, 2024. Researchers from Monash University's School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment have uncovered evidence suggesting that Earth may have once had a ring system around it, dating back 466 million years. This surprising discovery comes from an analysis of asteroid impact craters and points to the existence ...
Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn Once - TIME
WEB1 day ago · The flock of rocks would eventually settle into orbit, forming a neat ring around the planet’s equator. But the ring could not last: both the pull of gravity and the drag of Earth’s exosphere ...
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 once had rings like Saturn, new study suggests - Chron
WEB20 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 ...
The Earth Might Have Been a Ringed Planet Long Ago
WEB2 days ago · A new research paper by Andrew Tomkins and others in the journal Earth & Planetary Sciences makes the bold claim that Earth may have had a ring system in its past. Looking at the locations of crater, evidence in the sediment of oceans and some interesting climate coincidences, they say that starting around ~465 million years ago and lasting for 20-40 million years, a ring made from a destroyed ...
Earth may have once had a ring like Saturn – and it caused chaos
WEB4 days ago · If Earth captured a passing asteroid around 466 million years ago, it could have ripped it to shreds and formed a ring. This debris would then rain down on the planet, focused on the equator, over ...
Earth may once have had Saturn-like ring, scientists say
WEB2 days ago · Earth may briefly have had a ring system similar to Saturn ’s over 450 million years ago during a period of unusually intense meteorite bombardment, a new study proposes. Scientists assessed 21 ...
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 ...
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