Our guide for viewing the planets tells you when is the best time to see them during the month ahead as well as other skywatching sights to look out for. Slowly but surely, Venus is making itself ...

Earth may have had its own ring system that formed around 466 million years ago, lasting for tens of millions of years. If the researchers are correct, our planet still bears the scars of this ...

around 466 million years ago. Scientists have found evidence that Earth may have once had a ring system similar to Saturn’s. It appears to have existed about 466 million years ago and may have ...

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 ...

(Artist’s impression.) Credit: Oliver Hull Research suggests Earth might have once boasted a spectacular ring similar to Saturn’s, formed from an asteroid breakup around 466 million years ago. This ...

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 ...