"We're looking at as many meteorite parent bodies as possible right now to figure out where they were in the early Solar System and how much water they had," says Adam Sarafian, a recent doctoral ...

Mr Rider-Stokes said: “Angrite meteorites are ancient meteorites that formed at a similar time period to the proposed formation and migration of Jupiter around 4.5 billion years ago.

Water did not form on Earth but was brought by asteroids when the planet was 2 million years old Water arrived on Earth when it was just 20% of its current size.

“Angrite meteorites represent some of the oldest materials in the inner solar system, and therefore provide an exclusive window into the processes that occurred during this period.” ADVERTISEMENT It ...

Rare ancient meteorites have provided “ground-breaking insight” on how Jupiter formed and settled in its position as the fifth planet from the sun billions of years ago, according to scientists. The ...

Rare ancient meteorites have provided “ground-breaking insight” on how Jupiter formed and settled in its position as the fifth planet from the sun billions of years ago, according to ...