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New Evidence: Earth Had Rings (and Might Regain Them)

Season 11 Episode 1 | 16m 30s

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.

Aired: 04/02/25
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