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Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn

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Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn Once

I f astronomers had been walking the Earth 466 million years ago, they may have had something special to see. The moon and the planets and the stars and the sun would have looked

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Earth once wore a Saturn-like ring, study of ancient craters suggests

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 hypothesized ring may have formed roughly 466 million years ago and was the remains of a gigantic asteroid tugged apart by Earth's tidal forces after passing our planet's Roche limit.

Earth May Have Had Rings Like Saturn, Scientists Say

Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly influencing the planet's climate.

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The Seven Most Interesting Discoveries We’ve Made by Exploring Saturn

Until scientists learn more then, here are seven of the most fascinating discoveries they’ve made about Saturn so far. The ...

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Texans capture epic views of the rare supermoon lunar eclipse

Staff at Village Creek State Park, just 10 miles north of Beaumont, spotted not only the lunar eclipse, but Saturn and its ...

Earth may have once had a ring like Saturn – and it caused chaos

Saturn’s rings are iconic, but new evidence suggests Earth might once have sported one of its own. This ring would have ...

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Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? 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 ice age, ...

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