When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images The equator is the imaginary line that horizontally ...
The rings of Saturn are among the most famous and spectacular features in the solar system. Earth may once have had something similar. In a paper published in Earth & Planetary Science Letters, my ...
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 and ...
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No hurricane has ever crossed the equator! What’s the reason behind this strange phenomenon
Our planet Earth is endowed with wonders and secrets, and never stops to amaze us with its detailed natural processes. These surprising wonders can range from the dance of the Northern Lights to the ...
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Tiny shift in Earth’s tilt could radically redraw the world map
The planet that appears so steady beneath our feet is, in reality, subtly reorienting itself in space. As ice melts, oceans ...
An artist's conception of the Earth as it may have appeared 466 million years ago An artist's conception of the Earth as it may have appeared 466 million years agoOliver Hull/Monash University Editor ...
Andrew Tomkins receives funding from the Australian Research Council. The rings of Saturn are some of the most famous and spectacular objects in the Solar System. Earth may once have had something ...
Hundreds of millions of years ago, Earth may have looked quite different when viewed from space: Scientists propose it may have had a Saturn-like ring, made up of lots of smaller asteroids. The new ...
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