A new study in Nature Astronomy found that water came into being in the universe earlier than researchers in the field thought to be possible. In fact, study authors believe that water might have been ...

A new study suggests that the first water molecules in the universe may have formed far earlier than previously assumed —potentially just 100 to 200 million years after the big bang. This timeline ...

If you’re a scientist studying the surface of Mars, few discoveries could be more exciting than seeing recent gullies apparently formed by running water. And that’s what scientists believed they saw ...

Ancient Moon dust, meteorite traces and Apollo samples are helping NASA scientists rethink where Earth’s water truly came ...

Although it makes up 70 per cent of our planet's surface, scientists still don't all agree on where Earth's water actually comes from. Now, researchers claim to have found the origins of water in the ...

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Earth’s deep interior may hold water equal to today’s oceans, challenging long-held views of how the planet became habitable.

Without water, life on Earth could not exist as it does today. Understanding the history of water in the universe is critical to understanding how planets like Earth come to be. Astronomers typically ...

Water doesn’t behave the same way in a glass as it does as ice in your freezer. When water is heated to several thousand ...

You might assume that there has always been water on Earth — that water was there from the very beginning when our planet formed. But scientists increasingly think that water on Earth may have ...