Friday, 16 May 2025

Webb Finds Icy Disk


Webb has found crystalline water ice in a debris disk around a young, Sun-like star called HD 181327. Based on its presence in our own solar system, scientists have expected to see it in other star systems - but haven't had sensitive enough instruments to provide definitive proof until now. via NASA https://ift.tt/InSUfv1
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