Tiny pieces of an asteroid have revealed an unlikely origin for much of the water in Earth’s oceans.
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It is a pretty spectacular achievement to not only rendezvous with an asteroid as it is whizzing around the Sun but also collect a sample. Here’s what the researchers learned.
Every day about 50 tons of rocks from space fall on Earth. An examination of these meteorites has inspired a new theory about how exactly these rocks formed.
The source of water on Earth, the Moon and planets in our solar system is hotly debated. Some in the planetary science community argued that it came from asteroids and comets. Now they have proof.
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Director, Space Science and Technology Centre, Curtin University
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Lecturer in Planetary Geoscience, School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Head of the School of Geographical and Earth Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Associate Professor, Curtin University
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Associate Professor of Earth and Planetary Science, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Astronomy, Wesleyan University
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Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University
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Assistant Professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University
