Water in asteroid dust offers clues to life on Earth

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.

Water discovered in asteroid dust particles

In dust particles extracted by the Japanese space probe from an asteroid that was about 300 million miles away from Earth, scientists surprisingly discovered a drop of water. The discovery further supports the theory that life came to Earth from space.

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…

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.

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

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 kilometers from Earth have revealed a surprising component: a drop of water, scientists said Friday.