Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly ...

Researchers have found evidence suggesting that our planet may have once had a ring system around 466 million years ago.

Saturn’s rings are iconic, but new evidence suggests Earth might once have sported one of its own. This ring would have ...

"Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts," said ...

Research suggests Earth might have once boasted a spectacular ring similar to Saturn's, formed from an asteroid breakup ...

A new study from Monash University scientists suggests that Earth may have had a ring system that formed around 466 million ...

Coelacanths are deep-sea fish that live off the coasts of southern Africa and Indonesia and can reach up to two metres in ...

Coelacanth fossils like these are useful because two known coelacanth species are still alive today. They are likened to ...

Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction -- and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, 'groundbreaking' new fossil research reveals. The discovery ...

High in the Canadian wilderness, Smithsonian scientists search for ancient minerals that could explain the origins of the ...

An Osaka Metropolitan University study on over 500,000 lung cancer patients found that higher BMI lowered death risk during ...

Today, the living coelacanth Latimeria (Sarcopterygii: Actinistia) is an iconic, so-called ‘living fossil’ within one of the ...