Asteroids and planets could house water formed after solar winds

A team of researchers from the University of Tennessee led by geologist Yang Liu published a study in the journal Nature Geoscience stating they have found proof for the theory that water present on the surface of the Moon is the product of solar winds. The scientists believe that large, planet-like bodies such as asteroids could house water created by the same process, in which solar winds carry charged hydrogen particles millions of miles to bond with oxygen particles, producing water molecules in unexpected places.

The theory, however, isn’t the origin of all water on the Moon — researchers last year found that water deeper inside of the moon was carried there by comets that struck the Moon – but reveals that all these planetary bodies have potential to produce water.