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1010011010  ·  3631 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Rosetta discovers water on comet 67p like nothing on Earth

Deuterated water requires more energy for phase changes to occur.

The result they obtain could simply be a result of losing regular H2O to space at a slightly higher rate for billions of years.