A chemical element that’s not even in H 2 O — sulfur — is the reason Earth first got its water, a new study finds, bolstering a similar claim made a year ago. The discovery means our planet ...

Water is one of the biggest factors behind life on Earth. Researchers are always looking ... could be present in the meteorite's abundant sulfur. To verify this, they had to first locate the ...

but the team did not investigate how the hydrogen-sulfur compound eventually led to water. Other researchers say the analysis is an important step in understanding the origin of water on Earth.

Researchers have created a "fingerprint" of a sulfur-based molecule ... Related: 'Microlightning' between water droplets could have sparked life on Earth. Here's how Bunn and her team specifically ...

The deep blue sea may not have always been so blue. A new study suggests that the Earth's oceans may have changed color over time and could change again in the future, depending on the chemical makeup ...

Water is at the center of one of the enduring questions about how life first formed on Earth r. More specifically ... looking for compounds that included sulfur. The previous analysis of Sahara ...

A team of researchers at the University of Oxford have uncovered crucial evidence for the origin of water on Earth. Using a rare ... to the meteorite's abundant sulfur. Using the synchrotron ...

phosphorus and sulfur. "When water was delivered to the planet is a major unanswered question in planetary science," said Katherine Bermingham, an associate professor in the Department of Earth ...