Most meteorites are small — pebble-sized or smaller — chunks of rocky material that, in most cases, get buried in the soil or ...

Scientists discover hydrogen in a rare meteorite, suggesting Earth had the ingredients to make water from the start.

Scientists speculate that asteroids colliding with Earth delivered water—an essential building block of life—but new research suggests the planet didn't need the delivery.

Oxford researchers have unearthed a cosmic surprise showing that the hydrogen needed for water was embedded in the very rocks ...

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered crucial evidence for the origin of water on Earth. Using a ...

Researchers say they discovered evidence that early Earth was home to more hydrogen than previously thought, calling into ...

Water is one of the biggest factors behind life on Earth. Researchers are always looking for answers to how water formed on ...

A previous study led by a French team had originally identified traces of hydrogen within the meteorite inside organic materials and non-crystalline parts of the chondrules (millimetre-sized ...

Scientists have discovered where Earth's water comes from, and say that it wasn't brought to the planet by asteroid impacts after all.