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Origins of Earth's Water May Not Be as Complicated as We Thought


Given the seeming paucity of moisture in the leftover remains of Earth's building blocks, planetary scientists have long assumed our planet's water supply came after it formed in a rain of hydrogen-soaked rocks and comets.

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