For the Moon itself, the story is different. The Moon has far less water than Earth, but for such a dry world it’s important.

Ancient Moon dust, meteorite traces and Apollo samples are helping NASA scientists rethink where Earth’s water truly came ...

Earlier research held that meteorite impacts from the solar system's early days were a major source of Earth's water.

Planetary scientists analyzing oxygen isotopes in lunar soil from the Apollo mission sites conclude that meteorite bombardment over 4 billion years could only have delivered a tiny fraction of Earth’s ...

New research suggests Earth’s water came from sources other than meteorites, challenging long-standing theories on planetary ...

Scientists analysed lunar samples brought to Earth by China's Chang'e 6 mission and found rare meteorite fragments. This discovery could transform our understanding of mass transfer in the solar ...

Research using Apollo samples indicates late meteorite impacts were unlikely to be the main source of Earth’s water.

A new NASA study using Apollo lunar soil samples challenges a long-held theory. It suggests meteorites were not the primary ...

Visualization of the distribution of compounds in meteoritic samples and terrestrial geologic samples and the regression coefficients of the logistic regression model trained in LifeTracer. A machine ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. What exactly are planetesimals? What are they made of? Why are they important? Nicole Lunning discusses her research re-creating “pocket-sized” ...