The Asteroid Brought Water to Earth?
Frozen water on the asteroid was probably a more reasonable than ever considered before, according to new research that will help support the idea that asteroids brought the key to life on Earth.
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Ice water and organic molecules that help the establishment of the basis of life has been found on a second asteroid 65 Cybele called by astronomers.
The findings were reported at a meeting of planetary scientists in Pasadena, where scientists say that the presence of ice is taken to support theories that life on Earth came from space after being brought here by asteroids.
The researchers got the same discovery in April this year when they found the first evidence of ice on an asteroid called 24 Themis.
Both this and the recent discovery asteroid discovered in the asteroid belt that lies between Mars and Jupiter.
"These findings indicate that a part of our solar system contains more water ice than anticipated," said Professor Humberto Campins who is an astronomer at the University of Central Florida, who led the research team said as quoted by the Telegraph.
"This supports the theory that asteroids may hit the Earth at the same time bring a supply of water and the building blocks of life to form and evolve on our planet."
Professor Campins presented his findings at the annual meeting of the Planetary Science Division of the American Astronomical Society in Pasadena, California.
Asteroid 65 Cybele is 289 km in diameter somewhat larger than asteroid 24 Themis 199 km in diameter.
