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akk0 | 4 months ago

How does this square with the fact that we have solid evidence of water on Mars as well?

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lukan|4 months ago

Having some water and having lots of water is a slight difference. The most arid dessert on earth is a jungle compared to Mars.

(Also Mars could have been also hit.)

oceanplexian|4 months ago

Except Titan likely has more water on it than Earth. Therefore unless we’re a fluke of a solar system planetary bodies with water on them should be extremely common.

hn_throwaway_99|4 months ago

Mars is further out in the solar system, and I'm assuming it was further out than Theia when the collision occurred.

The article doesn't say no planets can have water, but just that originally Earth was too close to the Sun to have liquid water. Theia, according to this hypothesis, was not.

gitaarik|4 months ago

And also Saturn's moon Europa