Earlier research held that meteorite impacts from the solar system's early days were a major source of Earth's water.
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Did Earth's water really come from meteorites?
For many years, planetary scientists have believed that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history (OK, the time ...
NASA's recent study, using lunar soil samples from Apollo missions, challenges popular theories about meteorites being the primary source of Earth's water.
Planetary scientists analyzing oxygen isotopes in lunar soil from the Apollo mission sites conclude that meteorite bombardment over 4 billion years could only have delivered a tiny fraction of Earth’s ...
A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history could have delivered a major share of Earth's water. A new study by Universities Space Research ...
A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth’s history could have delivered ...
A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history could have delivered ...
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