Unraveling Earth's Water Origins

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Lydia's research on glass beads in olivine crystals suggests Earth's water could have come from the Sun via solar wind, challenging existing theories. The chapter explores how water molecules formed inside rocks in the early solar system, surviving Earth's formation and emerging through volcanoes. It discusses the debate around the origin of Earth's water and the possibility of water being naturally present on rocky planets like Earth.

Life as we know it needs water, but scientists can’t figure out where Earth’s water came from. Answering that question is just one piece of an even bigger mystery: “Why are we here?” (Updated from 2023)

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