Although other factors, such as volcanic activity and atmospheric changes, likely contributed to the cooling event, the presence of a ring system may have been an additional factor in Earth's ...

The rings would likely circle the Earth's equator, since the planet's rotation creates a massive bulge there. So people living in Quito, Ecuador, would see the rings as a thin slice of light in ...

Don’t worry—the planet’s rings are still intact. But from Earth’s vantage point, a temporary phenomenon called a “ring plane crossing” is causing them to appear nearly invisible to our ...