Darryl Z. Seligman, The Conversation, Author at Astronomy.com https://www.astronomy.com Astronomy news, photos, observing events, and space missions. Fri, 27 Dec 2024 22:51:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://www.astronomy.com/uploads/2024/10/cropped-favicon-32x32.jpg Darryl Z. Seligman, The Conversation, Author at Astronomy.com https://www.astronomy.com 32 32 ‘Dark comets’ could reveal how Earth got its oceans https://www.astronomy.com/science/dark-comets-could-reveal-how-earth-got-its-oceans/ Fri, 27 Dec 2024 20:35:50 +0000 https://www.astronomy.com/?p=156949// The water that makes up the oceans acted as a key ingredient for the development of life on Earth. However, scientists still do not know where the water here on Earth came from in the first place. One leading idea is that space rocks such as comets and asteroids delivered water to the Earth throughContinue reading "‘Dark comets’ could reveal how Earth got its oceans"

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