Tag Archive for 'Ring'

Rings from the Thetford hoard on display at the British Museum. Image credit: Geni / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thetford Treasure: Archaeologists Revisit 1,500-Year-Old Hoard of Gold Jewelry and Silver Spoons

Apr 23, 2025 by News Staff

Jewelry in a treasure hoard found in Thetford Forest, East Anglia, indicates that Thetford was pagan until the 5th century CE — significantly later...

Pasha et al. detected nine rings around LEDA 1313424, a ring galaxy approximately 567 million light-years away in the constellation of Pisces. They also confirmed which galaxy dove through LEDA 1313424, creating these rings: the blue dwarf galaxy that sits to its immediate center-left. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Imad Pasha & Pieter van Dokkum, Yale University.

Astronomers Detect Nine Star-Filled Rings around Giant Galaxy

Feb 4, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the the Keck Cosmic Web Imager (KCWI) at W.M. Keck Observatory, astronomers have identified nine...

Tomkins et al. suggest that a large chondrite asteroid had a near miss encounter with Earth 466 million years ago, which caused it to break up as it passed through Earth’s Roche limit.

Earth Had Ring System 466 Million Years Ago, New Research Suggests

Sep 18, 2024 by News Staff

Breakup of an asteroid passing within Earth’s Roche limit likely formed the debris ring during the middle Ordovician period, according to new research...

This Hubble image heralds the start of Saturn’s ‘spoke season’ with the appearance of two smudgy spokes in the B ring, on the left in the image. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Amy Simon, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center / Alyssa Pagan, STScI.

Hubble Detects Start of New Saturn Ring Spoke Season

Feb 9, 2023 by News Staff

Saturn is known for its iconic, pristine rings. However, the main B ring can have splotches and streaks of darker or lighter material, known as spokes,...

An artist’s impression of the dwarf planet Quaoar and its ring. Quaoar’s moon Weywot is shown on the left. Image credit: ESA / CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

Astronomers Discover Ring around Trans-Neptunian Object Quaoar

Feb 9, 2023 by Natali Anderson

The newly-detected ring orbits at 7.4 radii from Quaoar — much further away from the object than the rings around Saturn. An artist’s impression...

This illustration shows what Chariklo and its rings could look like, based on our current understanding. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Leah Hustak, STScI.

Webb Detects Water Ice on Chariklo, Spies Its Ring System

Jan 30, 2023 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have captured the reflectance spectrum of the double-ringed centaur 10199 Chariklo and observed...

The Viking-age hoard consists of 46 silver objects; apart from two simple, complete finger rings, it includes Arab coins, a braided necklace, several bracelets and chains, all broken into small pieces. Image credit: Birgit Maixner.

Metal Detector Enthusiast Finds Viking-Age Hoard of Silver Objects

Nov 28, 2022 by News Staff

A metal detectorist in Norway has unearthed a 1,100-year-old trove of small silver objects: pieces of Arab coins, jewelry and wire. The Viking-age hoard...

An underwater archaeologist holds a gold ring with a green gemstone. Image credit: Yaniv Berman, Israel Antiquities Authority.

Spectacular Artifacts Found in Two Ancient Shipwrecks

Dec 23, 2021 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Marine Archaeology Unit of the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have discovered hundreds of silver and bronze coins, silver and...

The ancient gold ring found at the Byzantine-period wine production complex in Yavne, Israel. Image credit: Dafna Gazit / Israel Antiquities Authority.

Israeli Archaeologists Find Spectacular Ancient Gold Ring

Nov 4, 2021 by News Staff

Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have uncovered a spectacular gold ring with amethyst in Yavne, a city in the Central district...