NASA Finds Lunar Regolith Limits Meteorites as Source of Earth’s Water

A new NASA study of its Apollo lunar soils clarifies the Moon’s record of meteorite impacts and timing of water delivery. These findings place upper bounds on how much water meteorites could have supplied later in Earth’s history. Research has previously shown that meteorites may have been a significant source of Earth’s water as they […]
Posted on January 23, 2026
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