Scientists are using 50-year-old samples to solve the ultimate mystery: How Earth became a blue marble. Today's new video breaks down the revolutionary new analysis of Apollo moon dust that is debunking decades of scientific theory.
We dive into the cosmic delivery service that may or may not have brought water to our world.
00:00 - The Apollo Time Capsule
00:41 - Lunar Regolith Secrets
01:35 - The Mystery of Water
02:00 - The Moon-Forming Collision
02:33 - The Heavy Bombardment Era
03:29 - New Isotope Discoveries
04:19 - The Moon as an Archive
05:13 - Debunking the Meteor Theory
06:44 - The Role of Comets
08:07 - The "Homegrown" Water Theory
08:41 - The Planetesimal Delivery
09:36 - The Molybdenum Evidence
10:11 - A Complex Origin