Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, study
A recent study suggests that Earth, in all likelihood, had a ring system around it approximately 466 million years ago. This period, known as the Ordovician impact spike, was marked by an unusually intense bombardment of meteorites.
Earth may have had a ring system 466 million years ago
In a discovery that challenges our understanding of Earth's ancient history, researchers have found evidence suggesting that Earth may have had a ring system that formed around 466 million years ago,
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
Earth may have once had a Saturn-like ring system, new evidence suggests
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
Saturn-like ring may have once encircled Earth, study finds
Researchers have found evidence suggesting that the Earth may have once had a system of Saturn-like rings. The rings are theorized to have formed 466 million years ago during one of the coldest periods in the planet's history, known as the Ordovician.
Earth may have had a ring system around 466 million years ago
A new study from Monash University scientists suggests that Earth may have had a ring system that formed around 466 million years ago, during the middle Ordovician, from ca. 466 Ma. The findings challenge our understanding of Earth’s ancient 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 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 466 Million Years Ago
Back when the Earth was crawling with trilobites and other strange shelled creatures, our planet may have had a ring just like Saturn's. This ancient ring system is thought to have formed about 466 million years ago,
Earth Had a Ring 466 Million Years Ago, Study Suggests
A ring formed by asteroid debris likely adorned Earth during the Ordovician period, geology researchers have proposed.
Scientists Find Evidence Earth Used to Have a Ring Like Saturn
From Grace Earth may have had its own ring system that formed around 466 million years ago, lasting for tens of millions of ...
Scientists Share Chilling Theory Of Earth's Lost Ring From 466M Years Ago
Researchers believe a ring system around Earth could have contributed to the global cooling event known as the Hirnantian ...
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Earth had Saturn-like rings 466 million years ago, new study suggests
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 lasted tens of ...
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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
During a tumultuous period for our planet around 466 million years ago, Earth was pelted with meteorites and rocked by ...