#fresh support for the idea that comets may have played a crucial role in delivering water

Comet’s water offers clues to life on Earth

New Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array observations together with data from NASA telescope atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island show water in Halley-type comet 12P/Pons-Brooks matches Earth’s oceans, strengthening theory that comets helped make our planet habitable.