As much as half of Earth’s water could be older than the Sun

(Photo Credit: Reid Wiseman/NASA)

A ground-breaking new study has found that up to half of the water in Earth’s oceans could be older than the Sun and our solar system.

NASA performs 3-D study of comets and their comas

(Comet ISON – Photo Credit: TRAPPIST/E. Jehin/ESO)

A NASA-led team of scientists have created detailed 3-D maps of the atmospheres surrounding the ISON and Lemmon comets. This allowed them to identify several of the gases in their comas, revealing the presence of formaldehyde and HNC (hydrogen, nitrogen and carbon).