When Earth wore a ring around its middle, it would have affected how sunlight reached the planet’s surface. The ring probably would have shaded the hemispheres of the planet experiencing winter ...

Earth may have had a giant ring of space rocks surrounding it, similar to those around Saturn ... could reveal the true origins of Earth’s water, new study claims Vesta, the 2nd-largest asteroid ...

Earth may have had a ring system that came into existence around 466 million years ago, a new study has suggested. This was the period when our planet was bombarded with unusually intense ...

Nearly two dozen impact craters known to occur during this time were all within 30 degrees of Earth’s equator, signaling that the meteoroids may have rained down from a rocky ring around the ...

Saturn sports some of the coolest bling of any planet in our solar system. Its nine rings, which are mainly comprised of dust, rock and ice, have been the subject of scientific research for years.

If Tomkins and his colleagues are right, the ring may have been more than a stylish, if slightly ghoulish, accessory. It may also have altered Earth’s climate for around 40 million years ...

high fives went around the room," Matina Gkioulidou, deputy lead of JENI at APL, said in a statement. "It was clear we had captured the vast ring of hot plasma encircling Earth in unprecedented ...

The strongest geomagnetic storm in 20 years that impacted Earth in May caused a new ring of charged particles ... just how long it is expected to stick around. If you purchase a product or ...

Impact craters found around the Earth that were made around the same time could be linked to debris falling from a ring, a new study suggests. By Becky Ferreira If you were to look up from Earth ...

An illustration of Earth with a ring. Kevin M. Gill via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0 During a tumultuous period for our planet around 466 million years ago, Earth was pelted with meteorites ...

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.