Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Not so dry after all: Moon's water came mostly from asteroids, not comets, study says

Icy comets may have a reputation for being the inner solar system’s ancient water delivery system, but a new study finds that most of the water in our nearest neighbor, the moon, was actually delivered by asteroids around 4.5 billion to 4.3 billion years ago.

The findings, published in the journal...



via L.A. Times - Science http://ift.tt/22wreNI

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