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JWST Is Tracking Down the Cosmic Origins of Earth's Water

23 February 2024 at 17:00

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope are exposing the pathways that water takes to reach terrestrial planets

© ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Andrews et al.; N. Lira. ( CC BY 4.0 )

An image of a protoplanetary disk captured by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Similar observations of such planetary nurseries by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are revealing new details about how water finds its way into rocky worlds.

JWST Is Tracking Down the Cosmic Origins of Earth's Water

23 February 2024 at 17:00

New observations from the James Webb Space Telescope are exposing the pathways that water takes to reach terrestrial planets

© ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Andrews et al.; N. Lira. ( CC BY 4.0 )

An image of a protoplanetary disk captured by the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). Similar observations of such planetary nurseries by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are revealing new details about how water finds its way into rocky worlds.
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