Sputnik International by sputniknews.com
The composition of the water found in the meteorite appears to be a “much better match” with water on Earth than ice found on comets.
Water that originated beyond our world has for the first time been found in a meteorite, which crashed in the town of Winchcombe in Gloucestershire earlier this year, Sky News reports.
Ashley King, a researcher in the planetary materials group at the Natural History Museum, has explained that the asteroid sample, 12 percent of which was comprised of water, may yield significant insights due to it not being contaminated by terrestrial materials.
“The composition of that water is very, very similar to the composition of water in the Earth’s oceans,” he told the British Science Festival hosted by De Montfort University. “It’s a really good piece of evidence that asteroids and bodies like Winchcombe made a very important contribution to the Earth’s oceans.”…
