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Study reveals Earth once had rings similar to Saturn's

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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

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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.

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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 millions of years, may have led to global cooling and even contributed to the coldest period on Earth in the past 500 million years.

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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 ...

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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 May Have Once Had a Ring That Slowly Fell From The Sky

The hypothetical ring didn't last long, cosmically speaking – just a few tens of millions of years. But that was long enough ...

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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