{"id":4735,"date":"2024-01-08T11:03:42","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T04:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/?p=4735"},"modified":"2024-01-08T11:03:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T04:03:42","slug":"unraveling-earths-water-origins-meteorites-space-dust-and-suns-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/unraveling-earths-water-origins-meteorites-space-dust-and-suns-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Unraveling Earth&#8217;s Water Origins: Meteorites, Space Dust, and Sun&#8217;s Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>TLDR<\/strong>: Earth&#8217;s water, formed 4.5 billion years ago, likely originated from meteorites, space dust, and the sun, contributing to our unique and abundant supply.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This article is a summary of a You Tube video &#8220;Where Did Water Come From?&#8221; by PBS Eons<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AUAEBjlROWQ?si=56Q4cEL4GCUicvle\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Key Takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Earth&#8217;s Violent Beginnings<\/strong>: Earth was formed about 4.5 billion years ago, resulting from a catastrophic collision with a Mars-sized planet.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Formation of the Moon<\/strong>: This immense collision created a chunk of lava that eventually cooled into our moon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Hadean Eon<\/strong>: Named after the Greek god Hades, this era was characterized by extremely high temperatures and a hellish environment.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emergence of Water<\/strong>: Despite initial high temperatures, Earth eventually cooled down enough for liquid water to form on its surface.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mystery of Earth&#8217;s Water<\/strong>: Earth&#8217;s proximity to the sun makes its abundant water unusual, especially compared to other inner planets like Mercury, Venus, and Mars.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sources of Water<\/strong>: The primary sources of Earth&#8217;s water are believed to be meteorites, space dust, and even the sun, through a process involving solar winds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chondrite Meteorites<\/strong>: These meteorites contain water integrated into their mineral structure and have contributed significantly to Earth&#8217;s water.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Water Trapped in Earth&#8217;s Mantle<\/strong>: A large amount of Earth&#8217;s water is believed to be stored in its mantle, trapped during the cooling of magma oceans.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chemical Composition of Water<\/strong>: The isotopic composition of hydrogen in Earth&#8217;s water suggests a complex history involving both heavy (deuterium-rich) and light hydrogen.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ongoing Scientific Debate<\/strong>: The exact origin and composition of Earth&#8217;s water remains a subject of research and debate among scientists.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earth&#8217;s water, formed 4.5 billion years ago, likely originated from meteorites, space dust, and the sun, contributing to our unique and abundant supply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4736,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science","category-44","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4735"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4737,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735\/revisions\/4737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wam.vn\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}