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The arrival of water on Earth

Water is the molecule that makes our world habitable, and it’s vital to all known forms of life.

Professor Brian Cox visits the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico to see the evidence of a massive asteroid impact which wiped out nearly three quarters of life on Earth. But despite these being an incredibly destructive force, asteroid collisions may have actually been important in bringing the first water to our planet.

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5 minutes