Tag: water in planets
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Could Planets Forge Water During Formation and Boost Habitability?
New Insight: Water May Be Forged During Planet Formation For a long time, scientists have pondered how Earth acquired its precious water. While comets and asteroids have often been blamed as icy couriers delivering water to young planets, emerging research suggests a complementary mechanism: planets might synthesize water themselves as they come into being. If…
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How Planets Get Wet: Water Formation During Planet Birth
Introduction: Water in the Birth of Planets When we imagine how planets acquire their oceans, the scene often jumps from cometary delivery and late-stage accretion to steady rain on a settled world. But new research is shifting that narrative by proposing a more intrinsic origin for water: it forms during the very birth of a…