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 ...

Earth's water may contain atoms that originated from icy interstellar dust billions of years before the planet existed, according to new research. - NSF / AUI / NSF NRAO / P. Vosteen / B. Saxton ...

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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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 ...