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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
During a tumultuous period for our planet around 466 million years ago, Earth was pelted with meteorites and rocked by tsunamis. But geologists have uncovered some strange things about this moment in history.
Earth probably had a Saturn-like ring system in the distant past
Researchers have found evidence suggesting that our planet may have once had a ring system around 466 million years ago.
Earth May Have Once Had a Saturn-Like Ring, New Study Says
The new study asserts that Earth's ring formed around 466 million years ago, and stuck around for around 40 million years before dissipating. Researchers say that the existence of such a ring would help solve several puzzles from Earth's past and that much of the data they collected supports its existence.
Earth used to have Saturn-like rings, new study suggests
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 remnants may have surrounded our planet,
Earth may once have had a planetary ring
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 craters that lie close to Earth’s historical equator.
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.
New Research Suggests Ancient Earth Had Rings
The Earth: a ringed planet, much like Saturn, surrounded by a hula hoop of asteroids. The summit of Mount Everest: a tropical, vibrant paradise replete with frolicking shellfish and warm waters encouraging plentiful life.
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Scientists have captured Earth’s climate over the last 485 million years. Here’s the surprising place we stand now.
An effort to understand Earth’s past climates uncovered a history of wild temperature shifts and offered a warning on the ...
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A Ringed Earth: The Mystery Behind Ancient Cosmic Impacts
According to a recent study, our planet may have possessed a ring system like that of Saturn in the past, providing answers ...
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New book details how life created the Earth as we know it
Life made the modern Earth as much as the Earth made life, a new book by a philosopher of consciousness argues. That dynamic ...
Courthouse News Service
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Earth’s surface temperature heating more rapidly than it has in past 485 million years, scientists say
Researchers created a curve of global mean surface temperature throughout deep time, providing context for understanding ...
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Prehistoric Earth Was Very Hot. That Offers Clues About Future Earth.
At times during the past half-billion years, carbon dioxide warmed our planet more than previously thought, according to a ...
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How the Last 'Snowball Earth' Ended
Some of the most dramatic climatic events in our planet’s history are “Snowball Earth” events that happened hundreds of ...
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In a Landmark Study, Scientists Discover Just How Much Earth's Temperature Has Changed Over Nearly 500 Million Years
We live in a rapidly warming world. Immense volumes of human-generated greenhouse gases are nudging Earth’s climate to a ...
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Study charts how Earth's global temperature has drastically changed over the past 485 million years, driven by CO₂
A new study co-led by the Smithsonian and the University of Arizona offers the most detailed glimpse yet of how Earth's ...
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‘Snowball Earth’ event set the stage for complex life
Some of the most dramatic climate events in history are the Snowball Earth episodes, which occurred hundreds of millions of ...
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