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Earth had planetary rings like Saturn 466 million years ago

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Earth Might Have Had a Ring 466 Million Years Ago

Impact craters found around the Earth that were made around the same time could be linked to debris falling from a ring, a new study suggests.

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Planet Earth may have once had a Saturn-like ring say scientists

Saturn is a planet widely recognisable for its iconic rings but a new study suggests Earth may also have had a similar ring system over 50 million years ago. As part of the research, 21 asteroid craters from 466 million years ago - otherwise known as the “Ordovician impact spike” - were analysed and these all just so happened to be located in an

Study: Earth had planetary rings like Saturn 466 million years ago

Scientists have proposed a fascinating new idea: Earth may have once possessed a ring system, akin to that of Saturn. These rings could have formed around 466 million years ago, during a tumultuous era marked by intense meteorite bombardment known as the Ordovician impact spike.

Saturn-like ring may have once encircled Earth, study finds

Led by Monash University’s School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, the study was published Tuesday in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters . The scientists behind the study believe the rings may have been created by intense meteoric bombardment of Earth,

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Earth To Get A New Moon On Sept. 29, Scientists Say

Say hello to 2024 PT5, Earth’s newest mini-moon. Expected to go into orbit of Earth for a couple of months from Sept. 29, ...

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Earth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this year

The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...

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A New Mini-Moon Is Being Captured by Planet Earth

When approaching Earth, asteroids tend to do one of two things: Most of the time, they miss. Sometimes, they hit, leaving a ...

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Earth Is Getting a New ‘Mini Moon’ for the Next Two Months, Astronomers Say

A roughly 33-foot-long asteroid called 2024 PT5 will chart a horseshoe-like path around our planet Shi En Kim Reporter In ...

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Earth will have a second 'tiny moon' for two months

It won't be there forever, but Earth will have a second moon when a small asteroid begins to orbit the planet later this ...

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Rejoice! Spacecraft Confirms That Earth Is a Habitable Planet

The European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) probe has spotted a habitable planet roughly one astronomical ...

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Earth's new 'mini-moon' will orbit our planet for the next 2 months

The mini-moon, an asteroid called 2024 PT5, was spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Aug.

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Are we getting a second moon? Everything to know about Earth's mini moon

A small asteroid called 2024 PT5 will temporarily orbit Earth this fall. Here's what it looks like and whether it will be ...

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Celebrate the first day of fall with this gorgeous animation that shows how the Earth changes with the seasons

See how our seasons come from Earth's tilt and yearly loop around the sun, which changes the ice cover, vegetation, and ...

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Scientists Discover Massive Ocean Hidden Deep Beneath Earth’s Surface

A recent discovery has revealed a gigantic underground ocean, three times larger than all of Earth's surface oceans combined, ...

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