A new study has ruled out the leading possibility for how water ended up on Earth, a question that still has scientists stumped.
Water makes up about 71 per cent of the Earth's surface, but how it came to the planet continues to stump scientists after a new study ruled the leading possibility out., according to a study published in the journal “Nature” on March 15.
"These results, which let researchers rule them out as the primary source of Earth’s water, could have important implications for the search for water—and life—on other planets," the study reads. Researchers said the meteorites that were tested fell to Earth recently, making the new study"the first time anyone had ever measured their water contents."
When the testing was complete, the meteorites failed to offer the solution of where Earth's water originated.
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