NEW EVIDENCE: Earth Had Rings (and Might Regain Them)
Planet Earth is the jewel of the solar system—the shimmery blue oceans, the verdant green forests, the wispy whimsical cloud formations. Saturn is the only competitor for most gorgeous planet with that giant ring system. Hmm… what if we could put the jewel of the Earth in its own ring? Then no contest. Well, there’s an extremely good chance that Earth once DID have a ring system. At least, that’s the proposal by a recent study that has evidence that a mysterious burst in meteor activity nearly half a billion years ago was actually caused by that ancient ring system collapsing onto the Earth. And, you know, if we had a ring once maybe we can have one again.
00:00 Introduction
00:38 Channel Announcements
01:21 New Community Format + Patreon
02:35 Main Hypothesis
04:20 Lunar Debris Theory
07:15 Asteroid Impact Theory
10:35 Ring Lifespan & Dissappearance
14:46 Final Thoughts and Future Questions
Credit to : PBS Space Time
