While the idea of Earth having a ring is new, planetary rings are not uncommon in the solar system. Saturn’s rings are the ...

A recent study claims that Earth may have once had a ring system. This theory sheds light on the presence of an unusual density of impact craters around the equator dating back to the ...

The Subaru Telescope has discovered new objects beyond the known Kuiper Belt, suggesting a more complex structure at the edge ...

Watch this video to find out more about the Earth, planets in our Solar System and other planets far ... Saturn is best known for its rings, which are made of chunks of ice and rock.

Protoplanetary disks are rotating rings of gas and dust ... for clues about the origin of our solar system. Russell, however, is troubled at the thought of Earth’s meteorites representing ...

The study found unusually high levels of meteorite debris in sedimentary rock layers from this time, further supporting the idea of an Earth ring system slowly dispersing its material over time.

Of the eight planets in the Solar System ... rings is because we are in the right place at the right time. We only see the eclipses we do for the same reason; the Moon is moving away from Earth ...

Further contraction would detach a series of rings. These were ... was probably formed from the earth by solar tidal disruption, this method being abnormal in the system, and the later evolution ...

Not because they will experience totality but because the sight of a delicate ring ... solar corona, which is safe to view with the naked eye. The difference is caused by the moon's distance from ...

This Wednesday afternoon a spectacular “ring ... solar eclipse. What is an annular solar eclipse? A report from BBC says that a solar eclipses happen when the Moon casts a shadow on Earth ...