"Orion Nebula's Monthly Destruction and Replenishment of Oceans of Water Tracked by JWST"

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Source: Universe Today
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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.

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