New study suggests Earth had rings like Saturn’s millions of years ago
Saturn’s rings are among the most beautiful features on any planet within our galaxy. Recently, a group of Australian ...
New mini-moon to orbit Earth but won’t stay in the neighborhood for long
Earth will soon have a visitor — and not of the extraterrestrial kind. Astronomers found a small asteroid that will orbit our planet this fall, becoming a "mini-moon" temporarily.
Earth will get a second "mini-moon" for 2 months this year
The asteroid was discovered in August and is set to become a mini-moon, spinning around Earth in a horseshoe shape for about ...
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Did Earth Once Have a Ring Like Saturn? Geologists Find Evidence for a Halo of Orbiting Space Rocks 466 Million Years Ago
A ring could explain a mysterious arrangement of impact craters near the equator and might even have caused an ice age, ...
Earth may have once had a Saturn-like ring system, new evidence suggests
To reach that surprisingly conclusion, scientists studied the positions of 21 asteroid impact craters during the Ordovician period – the second of six periods in the ...
Did you know Earth is set to have another moon in its Orbit? Here's what that means
This new floating rock is only expected to orbit the Earth once, beginning its trip Sept. 29 before breaking off from its gravitational pull on Nov. 25.
Temporary ‘Mini-Moon’ Will Begin Orbit Around Earth Next Week: What To Know
Earth will temporarily get a second moon next week when a tiny asteroid begins its two month orbit around the planet, though ...
Earth will have a 'mini-moon' for nearly 2 months, researchers say. Here's what that means.
For nearly two months this year, Earth’s moon will have company — a second moon. Technically, it isn’t a second moon, but ...
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Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system
Researchers have found evidence suggesting that our planet may have once had a ring system around 466 million years ago.
Earth to get a new ‘mini-moon’ for 2 months
An asteroid, pulled into Earth’s orbit, is sometimes known as a ‘mini-moon.’ You’ll need a telescope to view it.
Bus-size asteroid being sucked toward Earth will become ‘temporary mini-moon’
The bus-size asteroid, which was discovered on August 7 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System ...
Earth will soon have a ‘second moon’ — at least for a little while
( KTLA) — Earth will soon have two moons, but not for long. According to a study published in the journal Research Notes of ...