Oceans of Water Detected in Planet-Forming Disk

A watery haze has been spotted in in a young star’s disk which extends almost 200 times the distance between Earth and the sun, according to new findings published in Science on Oct. 21.
Oceans of Water Detected in Planet-Forming Disk
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/icydisk.jpg" alt="Artist's concept illustrating an icy planet-forming disk around a young star called TW Hydrae, located about 175 light-years away in the Hydra constellation. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)" title="Artist's concept illustrating an icy planet-forming disk around a young star called TW Hydrae, located about 175 light-years away in the Hydra constellation. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)" width="590" class="size-medium wp-image-1796011"/></a>
Artist's concept illustrating an icy planet-forming disk around a young star called TW Hydrae, located about 175 light-years away in the Hydra constellation. (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
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