Sunday, March 3, 2024

A Baby Star's Planet-forming Disk Has 3 Times More Water Than All Of Earth's Oceans

Astronomers have discovered that a planet-birthing disk of gas and dust that surrounds an infant star is drenched with enough water to fill Earth's oceans three times over.

"Our recent images reveal a substantial quantity of water vapor at a range of distances from the star that includes a gap where a planet could potentially be forming at the present time," Facchini added.

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