Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA's Osiris-Rex Asteroid Sample

Re:Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA's Osiris-Rex Asteroi... by jajko on Monday July 01, 2024 @11:58AM (#40847062)

Tons of assumptions, we can go hyperbolic onto almost anything if you lean into it hard enough.

Unless there is some solid proof that life happened on Earth well before larger bodies of water formed, I'd go for the most obvious theory - biggest stable body of water around and that is our pretty unique planet.

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Re:Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA's Osiris-Rex Asteroi... by pfdietz on Monday July 01, 2024 @12:06PM (#40847143)

The current mass of asteroids is estimated to be about the same as the current mass of Earth's oceans. The mass of asteroids early in the solar system was likely much larger. So I don't see why one would necessarily prefer Earth to be the OoL location.

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Re:Surprising Phosphate Finding in NASA's Osiris-Rex Asteroi... by svachalek on Monday July 01, 2024 @02:15PM (#40848622)

I think the current contender for biggest body of water in the solar system is Europa.

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