Did Earth ever have rings like Saturn? Study links asteroid breakup to climate change
When we think of planets with rings, Saturn often comes to mind. However, new research suggests that Earth might have had its ...
Earth is about to get its own asteroid 'mini-moon', but only for a short time
A small asteroid may become a "mini-moon" of Earth's for a couple of months, according to some astronomers. But what makes ...
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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
A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...
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An Asteroid Struck Jupiter's Moon Four Billion Years Ago, And The Collision Changed The Moon's Topography And Tilt Forever
The largest moon in the solar system is Ganymede, which orbits the largest planet, Jupiter. New research suggests that an ...
Could Earth Have Been Ringed Like Saturn? Scientists Think So
Research suggests Earth might have once boasted a spectacular ring similar to Saturn's, formed from an asteroid breakup ...
DART's Asteroid Impact Produced Debris Cloud - Watch Its Evolution Over 1 Month
The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) monitored asteroid Dimorphos post-NASA DART impact. See the evolution ...
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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 ...
Massive Asteroid's Near-Earth Approach In 2029. But There's A Bigger Danger
Asteroid Apophis, nicknamed the “God of Destruction,” will make a close approach to Earth in April 2029. Although the risk of ...
Earth may have once had rings like Saturn
Earth may have had rings. At least that's what a new study published this month claims. Here's what we know so far.
Asteroids the size of stadium and skyscraper hurtle past Earth
NASA declared the two large asteroids “potentially hazardous” to Earth, which in another cosmic event is set to gain a ...
Stadium-Sized Asteroid Will Pass by Earth on Tuesday — and NASA Says It's Coming Back
Studying Bennu is imperative because the asteroid has a slim shot of eventually hitting Earth. NASA said in a 2021 paper from ...