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The Origin of the Atmosphere and of the Oceans

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Comets and the Origin and Evolution of Life

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The atmosphere of the Earth, its oceans as well as most carbon contained in its carbonates and in organic matter, seem to have been brought by a large bombardment of comets that lasted almost one billion years before diminishing drastically to its present-day value.

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