- Asteroids May Have Delivered Half of the Water in Earth's Oceans: Particles of the asteroid Itokawa contain water and hydrogen isotopes in levels that are “indistinguishable” from rocks found on Earth. https://www.inverse.com/article/55413-itokawa-hayabusa-asteroid-sample-earth-water 8 comments space
- Particles brought back to Earth strongly suggest that it was asteroids that delivered half of Earth’s water billions of years ago, creating "a planet full of water, rich in organics and supportive of life." https://www.inverse.com/article/55413-itokawa-hayabusa-asteroid-sample-earth-water 156 comments science
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