The ring would have gradually fallen to Earth as meteorites, correlating to a spike of impacts seen in the geological record.
A recently discovered asteroid will soon become a quasi-satellite of Earth as it loops around our planet over the next two months.
Researchers have found evidence suggesting that our planet may have once had a ring system around 466 million years ago.
Research suggests Earth might have once boasted a spectacular ring similar to Saturn's, formed from an asteroid breakup ...
The new study asserts that Earth's ring formed around 466 million years ago, and stuck around for around 40 million years ...
“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in ...
Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore ...
Earth might have had a ring system in the past, similar to those of Saturn. Scientists drew these conclusions based on the ...
The story that the Moon was produced by a Mars-sized object slamming into the Earth is widely accepted, but a new study ...
Earth may briefly have had a ring system similar to Saturn ’s over 450 million years ago during a period of unusually intense ...
Scientists have concluded that the Earth may have had a ring system similar to Saturn's based on the analysis of the location ...
A weird number of craters are located close to the equator, and the odds that this is random are incredibly low, researchers ...