This localized impact pattern, unusual given that over 70% of Earth’s continental crust lies outside this region, points to the presence of an ancient debris ring. Over millions of years ...

Approximately 466 million years ago, Earth might have exhibited a spectacular ring arrangement resembling Saturn’s. Recent research featured in Earth and Planetary Science Letters uncovers ...

A recent study claims that Earth may have once had a ring system. This theory sheds light on the presence of an unusual density of impact craters around the equator dating back to the ...

During the time 485 to 443 million years ago, known as the Ordovician period, Earth was already in the throes of a serious cold snap. But the ring may have exacerbated things, plunging the planet ...

Researchers have proposed that Earth may have had a ring system 466 million years ago, during a period of intense meteorite bombardment known as the Ordovician impact spike. This finding ...