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Comets hit the early earth, bringing water to the fiery landscape See also
A view of the Earth-Moon system during the chaotic early stages of the Solar System
Comets Bringing Water (2011)  A view of the early Earth and Moon system, still enduring the seemingly endless bombardment of planetesimals and comets that rained down for the first several hundred million years of the pair's existence. It is thought that impacts by icy comets helped furnish the Earth with water for its oceans. (Note: image is copyright Kingfisher. Do not ask me to license this image, as I cannot.)