Backed by a National Science Foundation grant of more than $500,000, Pfeifer, the lead principal investigator, and a team of ...
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 ...
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 ...
The temporary structure likely consisted of debris from a broken-up asteroid. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Earth may have ...
An artist's conception of the Earth as it may have appeared 466 million years agoOliver Hull/Monash University If astronomers had been walking the Earth 466 million years ago, they may have had ...
The equatorial coordinate system projects Earth's latitude and longitude onto the celestial sphere, using declination (angular distance from the celestial equator, measured in degrees) and right ...
Impact craters found around the Earth that were made around the same time could be linked to debris falling from a ring, a new study suggests. By Becky Ferreira If you were to look up from Earth some ...
'This study presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.
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 ...