New Study Confirms Some of Earth’s Water Comes from Meteorites

A paper published in Geochimica and Cosmochimica Acta describes angrite meteorites’ role in bringing water to Earth. Angrites are rare basaltic meteorites that formed in the inner solar system 4.56 billion years ago. These meteorites could have delivered volatile compounds like water to a young Earth within the first two million years since the solar … [Read more…]