Meteorite that landed in Cotswolds may solve mystery of Earth’s water
A 4.6bn-year-old rock that crashed on to a driveway in Gloucestershire last year has provided some of the most compelling evidence to date that water arrived on Earth from asteroids in outer solar system
The Winchcombe meteorite, one of the “most pristine” available for analysis, offered scientists a tantalising glimpse back through time to the original composition of the solar system 4.6bn years-ago
