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Where Did Earth Get Its Oceans? Maybe It Made Them Itself

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A new hypothesis suggests Earth may have generated its own water from hydrogen in magma oceans, challenging traditional theories that water came from comets or asteroids.

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Rubin Tracks Skyscraper-Size Asteroids and Failed Supernovas

Hacker News Top · 2026-06-01 Cached

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has begun initial observations, already discovering rapidly spinning asteroids, supernovas, and a potential interstellar visitor, heralding a new era of big-data astronomy.

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Vera C. Rubin Observatory has Discovered 11,000 New Asteroids

Hacker News Top · 2026-04-21 Cached

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory has discovered 11,000 new asteroids, including 33 near-Earth objects, in early survey data, previewing its transformative 10-year Legacy Survey of Space and Time.

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