Astronomers have identified a new class of comet in the asteroid belt, offering fresh support for the view that the large volumes of water that transformed the barren early Earth into today's fertile planet may have come from a much closer source than the icy bodies that periodically swoop in from... -
A New Class of Comets Emerges Nearby
Astronomers have identified a new class of comet in the asteroid belt, offering fresh support for the view that the large volumes of water that transformed the barren early Earth into today's fertile planet may have come from a much closer source than the icy bodies that periodically swoop in from...-
By Guy Gugliotta