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Scientists find evidence that overturns theories of the origin of water on Earth

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Scientists find evidence that overturns theories of the origin of water on Earth

University of Oxford researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids bombarding its surface. Instead, the material which built our planet was far richer in hydrogen than previously thought. The findings have been published today in the journal Icarus. A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have … Read more

Climate change threatens Antarctic meteorites

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Climate change threatens Antarctic meteorites

Using artificial intelligence, satellite observations, and climate model projections, a team of researchers from Switzerland and Belgium calculate that for every tenth of a degree of increase in global air temperature, an average of nearly 9,000 meteorites disappear from the surface of the ice sheet. This loss has major implications, as meteorites are unique samples … Read more