It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...
For the Moon itself, the story is different. The Moon has far less water than Earth, but for such a dry world it’s important. Most of it lies frozen in dark polar craters, and these icy spots could ...
Planetary scientists analyzing oxygen isotopes in lunar soil from the Apollo mission sites conclude that meteorite ...
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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 ...
A new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary ...
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Where did Earth's water come from? Secret hidden on the Moon
Nasa researchers studying Apollo-era lunar soil discovered that meteorites from the Moon provided only a small fraction of ...
NASA research using Apollo lunar regolith data refines the Moon’s impact record and places limits on meteorite contributions to Earth’s water over geologic time.
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