Still, even if Earth's rings were made of rock, that might not mean they would look dark. Moon rock is largely grey, and the moon reflects only about 12% of the light falling onto it.

What might Earth be like crowned with rings? Space and science- fiction illustrator Ron Miller created extraordinary images of how the sky might look if Earth possessed such rings.

The researchers' idea that Earth once had rings comes from reconstructions of Earth's plate tectonics from the Ordovician period—which ran between 485.4 million years and 443.8 million years ago ...

Ron Miller, from io9 put together these "Artist impression" images of how Earth would look with Saturn's rings (equipped with some information about exactly what we are seeing in each shot). He ...

The rings are seen “edge-on and appear as a thin line” giving the illusion that they have completely vanished when Saturn’s official change in seasons is observed from Earth, the European ...

Saturn's rings are mostly made up of ice, asteroids, comets and moon fragments. In May 2025, the massive celestial loops will be effectively invisible to the human eye.

Amazon’s new Lord of the Rings series, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, takes us back to the fantastical realm of Middle-earth.As we dive into the show, we’ll head deeper into this ...