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Scientists have found the origin of WATER

A Meteorite From Alaska Challenges Theory of How Earth Got Its Water

Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research suggests the planet didn't need the delivery.

The Washington Post on MSN · 2d

Earth’s water may not have originated from asteroids after all

Scientists have long questioned whether an early Earth could have contained the appropriate hydrogen and oxygen on its own to create the water on our planet.

ScienceAlert on MSN · 2d

Origins of Earth's Water May Not Be as Complicated as We Thought

Given the seeming paucity of moisture in the leftover remains of Earth's building blocks, planetary scientists have long assumed our planet's water supply came after it formed in a rain of hydrogen-soaked rocks and comets.

Earth’s Water Origin Unlocked: Meteorite’s Hidden Hydrogen Surprise

Oxford researchers have unearthed a cosmic surprise showing that the hydrogen needed for water was embedded in the very rocks ...

Daily Mail3d

Scientists have found the origin of WATER on Earth - and say it didn't come from asteroids after all

Instead, the researchers believe that the ingredients for the water in our oceans and rivers were actually part of Earth from the very beginning. In their study, the team analysed a rare ...

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Scientists Found a Whole World of Invisible Creatures Beneath Earth’s ‘Living Skin’

Scientists just discovered a new phylum of microbes in Earth’s Critical Zone. The Critical Zone—also known as the planet’s ...

The Harvard Crimson15d

Harvard Scientists to Help Lead NASA’s New SPHEREx Mission

Scientists at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics are leading a major part of NASA’s new SPHEREx mission to study how water and other molecules form in space and may reach planets like ...

The Independent22d

Earth’s storage of water in soil, lakes and rivers is dwindling. And it’s especially bad for farming

and hope their work will strengthen efforts to reduce water overuse. Earth's soil moisture dropped by over 2,000 gigatons in roughly the last 20 years, the study says. For context, that's more ...

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