Pass the salt: This space rock holds clues as to how Earth got its water

Asteroid Itokawa as seen by the Hayabusa spacecraft
Tuesday, June 13, 2023

The discovery of tiny salt grains in a sample from an asteroid provides strong evidence that liquid water may be more common in the solar system's largest asteroid population than previously thought.

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