Topic: Linda Spilker

What would rings around Earth look like?

Scientific American - 813 days ago
A video currently making the rounds on the Web ponders an intriguing astronomical scenario: Decades ago, John O'Keefe of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ventured that Earth may have had a ring system similar to Saturn's for a brief ...

Astronomers Discover Solar System's Largest Planetary Ring Yet around Saturn

Scientific American - 862 days ago
A speculative search for a belt of debris stemming from one of Saturn's outer moons has turned up what appears to be the largest known planetary ring in the solar system. The newfound ring, associated with the far-flung moon Phoebe, stretches ...