Earth may have had a giant ring of space rocks surrounding it, similar to those around Saturn, which could have led to ...

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

Researchers have found evidence suggesting that our planet may have once had a ring system around 466 million years ago.

Saturn reaches opposition Sept. 8, appearing bigger and brighter in the night sky. Viewers can also catch a glimpse of the ...

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

The ring would have gradually fallen to Earth as meteorites, correlating to a spike of impacts seen in the geological record.

the asteroid’s debris rained down onto Earth, creating the pattern of craters, sediments and tsunamis we describe above. You may know that Saturn isn’t the only planet with rings. Jupiter ...

Just after midnight tonight, Saturn will appear at its biggest ... much like Earth's, is tilted relative to its orbit, causing its rings — located directly above the planet's equator — to ...

Back when the Earth was crawling with trilobites and other strange shelled creatures, our planet may have had a ring just like Saturn ... crucial role in the second-largest mass extinction in ...

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.