Options expanded for origin of Earth’s water

An image showing a piece of the meteorite Sahara 97096

Source: © L Piani/Museum of Natural History in Paris

Enstatite chondrite meteroites contain enough hydrogen to have supplied three to five times the total mass of water in Earth’s oceans

Meteorites of a type previously considered devoid of water contain enough hydrogen to have supplied three to five times the total mass of water in Earth’s oceans, according to researchers in France and the US.