Warm star cloud shows water’s missing link

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Leiden astronomers find evidence that water on Earth outdates the Sun.

A group of astronomers, including some from Leiden, has found a missing link in the path that water takes before landing on comets, asteroids and planets. Their findings support the hypothesis that water on Earth is even older than the Sun. They published their findings on 8 March in Nature.

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