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Asteroid Crashes Likely Gave Earth Its Water

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday July 15, 2012 @05:22AM from the space-water dept.

Diggester writes "Asteroids from the inner solar system are the most likely source of the majority of Earth's water, a new study suggests. The results contradict prevailing theories, which hold that most of our planet's water originated in the outer solar system and was delivered by comets or asteroids that coalesced beyond Jupiter's orbit, then migrated inward."

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Sounds intelligently Designed by gameboyhippo · 2012-07-15 05:27 · Score: 3, Funny

So rocks carrying massive amounts of water magically came to the Earth?
1. Re:Sounds intelligently Designed by Black+Parrot · 2012-07-15 06:29 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  So rocks carrying massive amounts of water magically came to the Earth?
  Yes, and the Intelligent Designer's son turned some of it into wine.
  
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2. Re:Sounds intelligently Designed by tragedy · 2012-07-15 06:50 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  If you consider gravity to be "magic", then yes.
It's Turtle piss, mostly. by Grog6 · 2012-07-15 05:34 · Score: 5, Funny

The four Elephants contributed a lot less.
Humanity's very existence is proof against Intelligent Design.

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Re:GOD DID IT !! by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-15 07:50 · Score: 0, Funny

Wow, you'r right.
Wow. Just... wow.