When we think of planets with rings, Saturn often comes to mind. However, new research suggests that Earth might have had its ...
The ring would have gradually fallen to Earth as meteorites, correlating to a spike of impacts seen in the geological record.
Earth and Saturn might be a lot more similar than previously thought. In a new study, a team of researchers suggests that 466 ...
A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...
To reach that surprisingly conclusion, scientists studied the positions of 21 asteroid impact craters during the Ordovician period – the second of six periods in the ...
Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly ...
The ring could have blocked sunlight on earth by casting a shadow on the surface of the planet, contributing to a significant ...
The Earth: a ringed planet, much like Saturn, surrounded by a hula hoop of asteroids. The summit of Mount Everest: a tropical ...
This distribution prompted the researchers to theorise that an asteroid fragmented due to tidal forces, forming a debris ring ...
This video explores the key characteristics of each planet within our solar system. Suitable for teaching science at KS1 and ...
Earth may once have had Saturn-like ring, scientists say - Ring may have cast shadow on planet and triggered extreme global ...
The ring might have acted like a giant sunshade, causing a cooling effect that might have unleashed an ice age.