Earth had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new study …
WEB1 day 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, New Study Says
WEB1 day ago · And now, a new study published in the scientific journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters seems to show that Earth itself once had a similar ring. The new study asserts that Earth's ring formed ...
Earth May Have Had a Ring Like Saturn Once - TIME
WEB1 day ago · The 23-degree tilt of the Earth’s axis would have caused the ring to present its surface to the sun, casting a shadow in the atmosphere and on the ground below and causing global temperatures to ...
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 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 May Have Once Had a Ring That Slowly Fell From The Sky
WEB3 days ago · Space 17 September 2024. By Michelle Starr. An artist's impression of the rocky ring Earth may have had, nearly half a billion years ago. (Oliver Hull) 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.
Scientists suggest Earth was once a ringed planet like Saturn
WEB1 day ago · 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
WEB2 days ago · Oliver Hull. 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 ...
Hidden craters reveal Earth may once have had a ring – like Saturn
WEB4 days ago · Earth may once have had something similar. In a paper published last week in Earth & Planetary Science Letters, my colleagues and I present evidence that Earth may have had a ring. The existence ...
WEBEarth may have had a ring system 466 million years ago. September 16 2024. Areas of continental crust proximal to the equator during the Ordovician. Areas older than Ordovician are indicated in ...
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