A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...

Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly ...

The Earth: a ringed planet, much like Saturn, surrounded by a hula hoop of asteroids. The summit of Mount Everest: a tropical ...

Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore ...

Ever since the invention of the telescope, humans have looked to the planet Saturn in awe of its magnificent system of rings.

Did Earth once look a lot more like Saturn? Scientists believe the answer is yes! In a groundbreaking study, researchers in ...

Ever since the invention of the telescope, humans have looked to the planet Saturn in awe of its magnificent system of rings.

The ring might have acted like a giant sunshade, causing a cooling effect that might have unleashed an ice age.

This cooling event occurred during the late Ordovician period, around 445–443 million years ago, and is characterized by a significant global glaciation that led to widespread ice sheets, especially ...

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

In a discovery that challenges our understanding of Earth's ancient history, researchers have found evidence suggesting that ...

Saturn’s rings are iconic, but new evidence suggests Earth might once have sported one of its own. This ring would have ...