Earth is often described as a water world, but how that water arrived has never been settled. For years, the focus has rested ...

A new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary ...

For many years, planetary scientists have believed that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history (OK, the time ...

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...

It was long thought, up until recently, that asteroids and comets delivered Earth's oceans during the very early Solar System ...

A close-up view of a portion of a "relatively fresh" crater, looking southeast, as photographed during the third Apollo 15 lunar surface ...

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 ...

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Tucson is the epicenter of a meteorite hunt after a shower of space rocks landed north of the city Tuesday night. The event began at 7:11 p.m. with a window-rattling sonic boom, as a massive fireball ...

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A long-standing idea in planetary science is that water-rich meteorites arriving late in Earth's history could have delivered ...