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Earth May Have Once Had a Ring That Slowly Fell From The Sky
Once upon a time, Earth may have sported a planetary ring of its very own. The hypothetical ring didn't last long, cosmically ...
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Saturn-like ring may have once encircled Earth, study finds
followed by a close encounter with a large asteroid passing through the Earth's Roche limit, which then created a ring of ...
Earth’s Rotation Is Speeding Up This Summer. Here’s Why
The science behind why the Earth will spin just a little bit faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, this year.
"Cosmic Owl": James Webb Spots Rare Marvel Of Galaxy Collision
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently spotted a rare cosmic phenomenon known as the "Cosmic Owl". This structure is ...
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Tectonic Plates Can ‘Infect’ One Another with Earth-Shaking Subduction Zones
Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...