The surface of our earth is about 70 percent covered with water. But where does this come from? A widespread and popular theory says that the water was created by the impact of asteroids on earth. Now English researchers want to have found evidence that precisely reflects this assumption.
The origin of hydrogen and therefore also of water on earth is heavily controversial in the professional world. Countless scientists believe that the necessary hydrogen came to our planet during the first about 100 million years of asteroids from space.
However, new studies would contradict this theory, reports the University of Oxford. They previously indicate that our researchers already indicate that our planet already had the hydrogen needed for water formation when it was created.
Meteorite analyzed with an X -Ray method
The research team analyzed the composition of a meteorite named LAR 12252 (image below), which was found in Antarctica, using a special Xanes spectroscopy. They came across hydrogen inside.
“We waren ongelooflijk opgewonden toen de analyse aantoonde dat het monster waterstofsulfide bevatte – gewoon niet waar we het hadden verwacht! Sinds de kans dat dit waterstofsulfide voortkomt uit aardse besmetting is zeer laag, dit onderzoek biedt belangrijk bewijs van de theorie dat het water op aarde oorspronkelijk oorspronkelijk is,” Tom Barrett is van de faculteit van de universiteit van de universiteit van de universiteit van de universiteit van de universiteit van de universiteit van de universiteit van de universiteit van de universiteit van The University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of the University of Oxford University has.
“This discovery supports the idea that the formation of water on Earth was a natural process and not a coincidence and that hydrated asteroids bombed our planet after the founding,” says the Co -author of the study, James Bryson.
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