02-14-2024, 11:18 PM
https://www.independent.co.uk/space/wate...95101.html
Scientists have discovered water molecules on an asteroid for the first time, a key finding that can help reveal how the Earth may have become the Blue Planet it is today.
Studying the composition of asteroids has helped astronomers unravel how materials, including water, are distributed across the Solar System, and how this distribution has evolved over eons.
Since water is a key ingredient for all life on Earth, researchers hope this new understanding will help find places to look for potential life, both in the Solar System and beyond.
“Asteroids are leftovers from the planetary formation process, so their compositions vary depending on where they formed in the solar nebula,” astronomer Anicia Arredondo, who was part of the discovery, said in a statement.
Interesting to find one of the building blocks for life in an asteroid
! I can't imagine there'd be much hope of finding life on the asteroids themselves; however, this does lend credence to the theory that the water on Earth came from asteroids.
I wonder how common it is for these asteroids to contain water? If it is common, then they may well have bombarded lots of other planets with it!
Scientists have discovered water molecules on an asteroid for the first time, a key finding that can help reveal how the Earth may have become the Blue Planet it is today.
Studying the composition of asteroids has helped astronomers unravel how materials, including water, are distributed across the Solar System, and how this distribution has evolved over eons.
Since water is a key ingredient for all life on Earth, researchers hope this new understanding will help find places to look for potential life, both in the Solar System and beyond.
“Asteroids are leftovers from the planetary formation process, so their compositions vary depending on where they formed in the solar nebula,” astronomer Anicia Arredondo, who was part of the discovery, said in a statement.
Interesting to find one of the building blocks for life in an asteroid
! I can't imagine there'd be much hope of finding life on the asteroids themselves; however, this does lend credence to the theory that the water on Earth came from asteroids. I wonder how common it is for these asteroids to contain water? If it is common, then they may well have bombarded lots of other planets with it!
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