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 ...

Scientists believe these rings may have influenced Earth's climate. Geologist Andrew Tomkins ... as evidenced by the presence of sedimentary elements. Scientists believe these characteristics ...

(via PBS Space Time) Planet Earth is the jewel of the solar system—the shimmery blue oceans, the verdant green forests, the wispy whimsical cloud formations. Saturn ...

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 ...