New research on Comet 67P indicates that its water may be similar to Earth's, contradicting earlier findings by Rosetta's ...

A reanalysis of the data from the "rubber-ducky" comet 67P, collected nearly a decade ago, suggests comets may have deposited ...

Water is fundamental to life on Earth, yet the origins of this vital resource remain a scientific puzzle. Researchers have ...

Scientists have revived the theory that short-period comets could have played a crucial role in filling Earth's oceans with ...

Water. All life on Earth requires it in some way or another, and it's hard to miss that roughly 70% of our planet's surface ...

The origin of Earth’s abundant liquid water is still debated. Research suggests some water came from volcanic vapor that ...

Scientists uncovered new insights regarding the potential role of comets, particularly Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, in ...

Scientists say cometary dust affects interpretation of spacecraft measurements, reopening the case for comets as potential ...

“A wave of comet and asteroid collisions with the solar system’s inner planets 4 billion years ago would have made this ...

Recent studies show comet dust influenced earlier measurements of water’s origins on Earth, challenging previous findings.

Scientists have long debated how Earth became rich in liquid water after the planet formed about 4.5 billion years ago. Now a ...

The rocky bodies, which look like asteroids but act like comets, could comprise up to 60% of near-Earth objects.