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

If you were to look up from Earth some 466 million years ago, you might have seen a gleaming ring stretching across the sky, some scientists say. A study published this month links an uptick in impact craters during the Ordovician Period,

A weird number of craters are located close to the equator, and the odds that this is random are incredibly low, researchers say.

Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly influencing the planet's climate.

Earth may have had a Saturn-like ring system long ago, created from the debris of a passing asteroid that our planet tore apart.

Led by Monash University’s School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, the study was published Tuesday in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters . The scientists behind the study believe the rings may have been created by intense meteoric bombardment of Earth,