Scientists have long questioned whether an early Earth could have contained the appropriate hydrogen and oxygen on its own to create the water on our planet.

The space rock dates to around 4.6 billion years ago and is believed to be similar in composition to early Earth, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Icarus. The researchers found that the majority of the hydrogen contained within the meteorite was intrinsic,

Experts from the University of Oxford now think that the rocky material which built our planet had the elements it needed to make water without any help.