"Unveiling Water: NASA Telescope Detects Evidence of Asteroid Surface H20"
NASA's retired SOFIA observatory has detected water molecules on the surface of two asteroids for the first time, providing insights into the distribution of water in our solar system. The observatory, housed in a modified Boeing 747SP aircraft, used infrared astronomy to make this discovery. The findings could help scientists understand how water was delivered to Earth and spread throughout the solar system, and may guide the search for water and potential life in alien star systems.