And now, a new study published in the scientific journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters seems to show that Earth itself once had a similar ring. The new study asserts that Earth's ring formed around 466 million years ago and stuck around for around 40 million years before dissipating.

I f astronomers had been walking the Earth 466 million years ago, they may have had something special to see. The moon and the planets and the stars and the sun would have looked

According to a recent study in Earth & Planetary Science Letters, our planet might have hosted a ring system around 466 million years ago. If proven, this discovery could solve many puzzles from Earth’s ancient past.