Two bands of radiation called the Van Allen belts encircle Earth. After a May 2024 solar superstorm, two more showed up between those belts.

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Earth might have had a ring system in the past, similar to those of Saturn. Scientists drew these conclusions based on the analysis of the locations of craters on our planet. Scientists ...

Scientists have found evidence which suggests that Earth may once have had rings like Saturn. Experts believe they could have formed around our planet about 450 million years ago. They think that ...

Fejer 1 and Scott 2 have given simple methods for estimating the remaining life-time of an artificial Earth satellite. Their methods do not apply when the eccentricity is small, and it is not ...

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 ...

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 ...