"First-Ever Discovery: Water Detected on Asteroid Surfaces"

Water has been discovered on the surface of two main belt asteroids, Iris and Massalia, for the first time using observations from the retired Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA). This finding challenges the previous belief that water is rare in the inner Solar System and sheds light on how water was delivered to Earth. The discovery was made by researchers from various institutions across the United States, and the results have been published in The Planetary Science Journal.