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Study reveals Earth once had rings similar to Saturn's

Smithsonian Magazine on MSN · 12h

Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466 Million Years Ago

During a tumultuous period for our planet around 466 million years ago, Earth was pelted with meteorites and rocked by tsunamis. But geologists have uncovered some strange things about this moment in history.

Chron on MSN · 14h

Earth used to have Saturn-like rings, new study suggests

Earth and Saturn might be a lot more similar than previously thought. In a new study, a team of researchers suggests that 466 million years ago, a ring system made up of asteroid remnants may have surrounded our planet,

CNET on MSN · 1d

Earth May Have Once Had a Saturn-Like Ring, New Study Says

And now, a new study published in the scientific journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters seems to show that Earth itself once had a similar ring. The new study asserts that Earth's ring formed around 466 million years ago and stuck around for around 40 million years before dissipating.

Earth gets a new mini moon for two months

Live Science on MSN · 3d

Earth's new 'mini-moon' will orbit our planet for the next 2 months

The mini-moon, an asteroid called 2024 PT5, was spotted by the Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) on Aug. 7. The space rock will make one complete orbit of our planet between Sept. 29 and Nov. 25 before escaping Earth's gravity.

The New York Times · 7d

A New Mini-Moon Is Being Captured by Planet Earth

When approaching Earth, asteroids tend to do one of two things: Most of the time, they miss. Sometimes, they hit, leaving a bright streak in our planet’s sky or a gruesome new wound in its crust. But very rarely, asteroids are captured by Earth’s gravity and pirouette around the planet, becoming, in effect, a moon — albeit an ephemeral one.

The Washington Post on MSN · 9h

Earth has a new mini moon. Say hello before it disappears.

Say hello to Earth’s temporary new moon. From Sept. 29 to Nov. 25, a passing asteroid will be pulled in by Earth’s gravity — sort of like a window shopper — before returning to its normal orbit around the sun.

Earth from space: Ghostly figure emerges in Greenland ice after underground lake collapses

In 2011, a ghostly depression, known as "the mitten," appeared on the surface of and ice sheet in Greenland after the ...

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Plane snaps rare footage of a spacecraft reentering Earth from space

The European Space Agency sent a plane to capture footage of the first of four Cluster mission satellites reentering Earth's ...

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What human-made object is the farthest from Earth?

Voyager 1 was responsible for one of the most iconic space photos in the history of the space program. In 1990, while still ...

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'Space for Birds': Astronaut Roberta Bondar captures avian habitats from Earth, in air and on orbit in new book (interview)

Roberta Bondar knew that she would not be able to hear birds, let alone seen them from space, but when she really thought ...

Rare Celestial Event on the Horizon; Planet Earth’s “New” Moon?

The Earth has pulled in moons of this type before but none have ever stuck around as long as the moon we know.

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NASA rover peers up at space, sees strange Mars moon and distant Earth

The Curiosity rover captured this image on Sept. 9, 2024, during its 4,295th Martian day (called a "sol") on Mars. It's been ...

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Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites wreak havoc in Earth’s orbit, blocking deep space observations, scientists say

New Starlink satellites’ radiation leaks are 30 times as large as those emitted by older satellites, scientists discover ...

Space on MSN1d

Behold! 1st-ever photo of Earth and Mars' moon Phobos captured from Red Planet

"It's the first time an image of the two celestial bodies have been captured together from the surface of Mars." ...

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Unlocking the Secrets of Habitable Planets: New Space Missions To Explore Sun’s Impact on Earth & Beyond

New proposed space missions, led by the University of Leicester, will study stellar impacts on planets and Earth’s ...

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