Water in asteroid dust offers clues to life on Earth

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Specks of dust retrieved by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid some 300 million kilometres from Earth have revealed a surprising component: a drop of water, scientists said Friday. Discovery offers new support for the theory that life on Earth was seeded from outer space. Findings are in the latest research to be published from the analysis of 5.4 grams of rocks and dust from the asteroid Ryugu.

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The Guardian

Water found in asteroid dust may offer clues to origins of life on Earth

Discovery offers new support for the theory that life may have been seeded from outer space

10 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Independent

Water found on asteroid could shed light on origins of life on Earth

Environment ‘similar to the Earth’s oceans’ likely existed in Ryugu’s interior, scientists say

10 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Daily Express

Asteroid's water unveiling clues behind origin of life on Earth

A Japanese space agency's probe retrieved the space rock following a six-year mission.

9 days ago·United Kingdom

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WION

Water found in asteroid dust hints life on Earth could have come from outer space

A Japanese space probe has retrieved specks of dust from an asteroid some 300 million kilometres from Earth. The surprising content was a drop of water, scientists said Friday. Earlier analysis have suggested that life on Earth may have come from outer space, and the new discovery lends support to it. "This drop of water has great meaning," lead scientist Tomoki Nakamura of Tohoku University told reporters ahead of the research's publication in…

9 days ago·Noida, India

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The Japan Times

Water in asteroid dust collected by Japan's space agency offers clues to life on Earth

The discovery offers new support for the theory that life on Earth was seeded from outer space.

9 days ago·Japan

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France24

Water in asteroid dust offers clues to life on Earth

Specks of dust retrieved by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid some 300 million kilometres from Earth have revealed a surprising component: a drop of water, scientists said Friday.

10 days ago·France

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