“What makes this finding even more intriguing is the potential climate implications of such a ringsystem,” Tomkins added. The team speculated that the ring may have cast a shadow over the ...
Researchers have proposed that Earth may have had a ringsystem 466 million years ago, during a period of intense meteorite bombardment known as the Ordovician impact spike. This finding ...
“What makes this finding even more intriguing is the potential climate implications of such a ringsystem,” Tomkins added. The team speculated that the ring may have cast a shadow over the ...
This period, which occurred near the end of the Ordovician, is recognized as one of the coldest in the last 500 million years of Earth's history. "The idea that a ringsystem could have influenced ...