"Orion Nebula's Monthly Destruction and Replenishment of Oceans of Water Tracked by JWST"
TL;DR
Scientists studying data from the JWST have discovered that a planetary disk in the Orion Nebula, d203-506, is destroying and replenishing an amount of water equivalent to all of Earth’s oceans in about a month. This process sheds light on the water cycle in the infant Solar System and suggests that Earth's water likely went through a similar process before making its way to the planetesimals and icy bodies that helped form the worlds of the Solar System. The findings provide valuable insights into planet-formation processes and the interplay between young stars and their protoplanetary disks.
Topics:scienceastronomy#astronomy#jwst#orion-nebula#planetary-disks#solar-system-formation#water-cycle
- A Planetary Disk in the Orion Nebula is Destroying and Replenishing Oceans of Water Every Month Universe Today
- Researchers find destruction of oceans' worth of water per month in Orion Nebula Phys.org
- JWST Is Tracking Down the Cosmic Origins of Earth's Water Scientific American
- One oceans' worth of water destroyed every month in Orion Nebula, researchers say iHeartRadio Canada
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