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Stars and solar physics

Stars and solar physics

Did the solar wind create Earth’s water?

02 Dec 2021
Asteroids and space dust raining down on Earth
Space weathering: Artist’s impression of C-type asteroids and space dust raining down on the Earth early in its formation, carrying some of the water that formed the Earth’s oceans. (Courtesy: University of Glasgow)
Earth might have received a large amount of its water from interplanetary dust grains interacting wi

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