If you’re a scientist studying the surface of Mars, few discoveries could be more exciting than seeing recent gullies apparently formed by running water. And that’s what scientists believed they saw ...
Although it makes up 70 per cent of our planet's surface, scientists still don't all agree on where Earth's water actually ...
A new study in Nature Astronomy found that water came into being in the universe earlier than researchers in the field thought to be possible. In fact, study authors believe that water might have been ...
A groundbreaking study of asteroid Ryugu has revealed something scientists never expected: water moved through its rocky ...
The first-ever detection of this rare form of water in a protoplanetary disk suggests that what we drink might have been ...
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When did life as we know it first emerge in the universe? We don’t know for sure, but the answer is inextricably linked to the moment when water first materialized in the cosmos — and new simulations ...
The water that makes up most of our planet’s surface formed in the cold darkness of insterstellar space long before our Sun flared to life, according to a recent study. Around 1,300 light years away, ...
It’s one of those scientific questions that’s so simple, so fundamental, it’s hard to believe we didn’t have an answer—until now: What does water look like when it’s forming? From oceans to puddles, ...
You might assume that there has always been water on Earth — that water was there from the very beginning when our planet formed. But scientists increasingly think that water on Earth may have ...
The question of where Earth's large amount of water came from may find its answer by looking to the Moon. According to research by planetologists at the University of Münster, a collision with a ...
New research uncovers freshwater reserves beneath Greece’s seafloor, revealing a hidden resource formed during ancient ...