8 glasses of melted meteorites a day!

I know we talked about this one already in the “lies the Man told you” sale from a few weeks back.͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ͏ ‌ ~/AASl5QA~/RgRmHB06P4QBAWh0dHA6Ly9nZXRjaG9uZ2NiZC5jb20_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1LbGF2aXlvJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09Y2FtcGFpZ24tZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPTQuMTMuMjMlMjAtJTIwRHIuJTIwQ2xhcmslMjBXYXRlciUyMCUyODAxR1kwNjZHNDFBMTg1TlowQjhZUlIzMzQyJTI5JnN1YjE9MDFHR1RWMUpLRjY3NjdaMlIxNjJBMVgzNlEmX2t4PW93aG5RWU0waFd4V18waW9mbU5ucUxyWkFYY3pEMWpKQk1HVnpweUNKZU5Sa1dKWDkxaHIydUIyTG5LLS1oNnIuVnRpalZHVwNzcGNCCmQhOpg5ZOBm0_NSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkyQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAHyQQ~~   Hey Marilyn – It’s Uncle Tommy… I know we talked about this one already in the “lies the Man told you” sale from a few weeks back. But I need to talk about this again…because I saw something in [Science Daily](~/AASl5QA~/RgRmHB06P4QpAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnNjaWVuY2VkYWlseS5jb20vcmVsZWFzZXMvMjAyMy8wMy8yMzAzMTUxMzI0MjUuaHRtP3V0bV9zb3VyY2U9S2xhdml5byZ1dG1fbWVkaXVtPWNhbXBhaWduLWVtYWlsJnV0bV9jYW1wYWlnbj00LjEzLjIzJTIwLSUyMERyLiUyMENsYXJrJTIwV2F0ZXIlMjAlMjgwMUdZMDY2RzQxQTE4NU5aMEI4WVJSMzM0MiUyOSZzdWIxPTAxR0dUVjFKS0Y2NzY3WjJSMTYyQTFYMzZRJl9reD1vd2huUVlNMGhXeFdfMGlvZm1ObnFMclpBWGN6RDFqSkJNR1Z6cHlDSmVOUmtXSlg5MWhyMnVCMkxuSy0taDZyLlZ0aWpWR1cDc3BjQgpkITqYOWTgZtPzUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MkBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAB8kE~) that had me questioning once again the whole “you gotta drink 8 glasses of water a day” thing. Not because I don't think water is good for you of course... (strong stand, right? "Water... pretty good!" You can always come to uncle Tommy for those kinda hot takes...) But anyway, this isn't about that. This is WAY sillier! (my favorite...) See, apparently, scientists have a general consensus about roughly how long we've had water on earth, AND where it came from. Science! Answering the hard questions... Anyway, scientists used to think that a lot of our water came from melted meterorites that were floating around in space and just happened to make their way to earth millions of years ago... But, suddenly, there's some BREAKING NEWS in this billion year old mystery... (thank god science is hot on the trail of this doozy! Great to hear cancer has apparently been cured and we've managed to stop earthquakes forever... now science can focus on the BIG problems...) Well…a recent study in the journal Nature says that this so-called melted meteorite stuff has been analyzed and it’s actually some of the DRIEST space stuff that exists! So that couldn’t have done it. You know me, whenever I have a question about anything science-y, I take it to my good buddy Dr. Clark and see what he has to say about it. Here’s what he told me when I asked where the majority of Earth’s water came from: “Tommy, I know you think this stuff is pretty silly, but it's actually kind of a fascinating mystery when you think about it. It IS pretty strange that the Earth has so much when we're relatively small AND so close to the sun. You’d expect more of it would evaporate and at a faster rate than it does. But here’s what I know about it -- this team of researchers at the University of Maryland analyzed seven melted meteorites that crashed into Earth billions of years ago after splintering from at least five planetesimals (that’s another word for objects that formed our solar system). They found that once these meteorites melt, there is no remaining water left behind. This means that the heating and melting of planetesimals leads to near-total water loss, regardless of how much water they started out with. So the idea that all our water came from melted meteorites is totally bunk and we still don’t know where it actually came from!” Now, I know this topic ain't exactly keeping us up at night... but Dr. Clark is right, it IS kind of a fascinating little mystery, isn't it? I guess I always just assumed the answer was in the name: H2O. If you had enough hydrogen (the most abundant substance in the Universe) and oxygen (no slouch either) sitting next to eachother at the right temperature, they'd naturally form into water, right? But I guess not. Clearly, I'm no scientist. Anyway, there's no grand point to today's email. And there's no "where'd the water come from sale" or anything like that. (though, my favorite holiday in April is FAST approaching...) But it’s kind of cool to think we still haven’t solved such a big mystery about how our planet was formed, isn’t it? I figured if I found this little bit of trivia amusing, you might too. What say you? What’s YOUR theory? If you have one, let me know! This should be interesting. Keep on keepin’ on. 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