Scientists find evidence that overturns theories of the origin of water on Earth

Published on April 14, 2025

University of Oxford researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids bombarding its surface. Instead, the material which built our planet was far richer in hydrogen than previously thought. The findings have been published today in the journal Icarus.
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