Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

No Comets Required? How the Growing Earth May Have Created Its Own Water


Earth may not have needed comets and asteroids to deliver its water after it formed and cooled. Instead, water creation could have been part of the planet's formation process. New research explains how, and even shows that water creation could be a part of every rocky planet's formation.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Universe Today

Read more on:

Photo of Water

Water

Photo of comets

comets

Photo of growing earth

growing earth

Related news:

News photo

Comets didn’t seed life on Earth after all, new study suggests

News photo

Scientists Ran 100,000 Simulations of Comets Striking Earth. The Results Are a Surprise.

News photo

Study: Comets May Have Been Unlikely to Deliver Life’s Ingredients to Early Earth