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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 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.

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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 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 ...

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 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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Earth may have had a ring system 466 million years ago

researchers have found evidence suggesting that Earth may have had a ring system that formed around 466 million years ago, at the beginning of a period of unusually intense meteorite bombardment ...

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