A fragment of meteorite which fell to earth in a quiet village in Gloucestershire may hold the answer to a question scientists have been puzzling over for decades: where did our planet’s water come from?
The Winchcombe meteorite “streaked from space into the atmosphere as a spectacular green fireball” in 2021, said The Times. After search teams managed to recover a substantial amount of the space rock – around 300g – it was named after the village on which it fell.
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