Fraser Cain on Nostr: One longstanding mystery is the source of Earth's water. Was it delivered by comets ...
One longstanding mystery is the source of Earth's water. Was it delivered by comets and asteroids, or did Earth scoop it up in place as it formed? A new paper suggests that some of Earth's water could have been delivered by the solar wind. Not water, of course, but hydrogen atoms streaming from the Sun, which could then combine with oxygen-bearing minerals on Earth to create water. This could also explain water found on asteroids and the Moon.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ad77cd 
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