Scientists and researchers are trying to find every bit of evidence that can throw some light on the existence of life outside Earth. Water is said to be one of the most prominent proofs that points towards signs of life. Last year in the month of February a meteorite crashed and landed into a driveway in Gloucestershire town in the United Kingdom and now scientists have found extra-terrestrial water in the meteorite, according to a latest report. This is a historic event as it has happened for the first time ever. The water found in the meteorite is believed to have some answers about where the water in the oceans on Earth came from.
Ashley King, a researcher in the planetary materials group at the Natural History Museum, has informed that around 12 percent of the sample was made up of water and it is also the least contaminated specimen to be collected to date, according to a report in The Independent. He further added that the composition of water found on the meteorite is 'very, very similar' to the composition of water on Earth.
According to the report, the researcher told British Science Festival, "It's a really good piece of evidence that asteroids and bodies like Winchcombe made a very important contribution to the Earth's oceans."
He also confirmed that as the 0.5kg meteorite was retrieved within 12 hours of its crash hence it was not contaminated by water and minerals present on Earth. Meanwhile, according to another report by Sky News, King said, now "one of the big questions we have in planetary sciences is where did the water on Earth come from? And one of the obvious places is either through comets that have loads and loads of ice in them, or asteroids. There's always a debate - were comets the main source,
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