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 …
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 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 ...
Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? New Evidence Suggests …
WEBRoughly 20 million years after the formation of the ring, Earth entered a dramatic cooling period known as the Hirnantian Ice Age, one of the coldest intervals in the planet’s history. The team ...
Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests
WEB3 days ago · Earth may have had a giant ring of space rocks surrounding it, similar to those around Saturn, which could have led to chaotic meteorite strikes on our planet's surface, new research suggests. The ...
Earth Had Rings Like Saturn Millions of Years Ago, Study …
WEB2 days ago · In a new study, published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, they analyzed almost 500-million-year-old meteorite impact craters from around the world. They concluded that it was ...
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 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 ...
Does Earth Have Rings? - HowStuffWorks
WEBOct 31, 2023 · Scientists believe Earth had a ring once, although that was several billion years ago. They surmise the ring appeared early in the formation of Earth's moon. According to the generally accepted giant impactor hypothesis, a planet named Theia collided with Earth in the distant past.
What if Earth had rings? - Live Science
WEBSep 21, 2020 · What might Earth be like crowned with rings? Space and science- fiction illustrator Ron Miller created extraordinary images of how the sky might look if Earth possessed such rings.