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Detection of water vapour in the spectrum of TW Hydrae’s protoplanetary disc
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EU–(ENEWSPF)–20 October 2011
ESA’s Herschel space observatory has found evidence of water vapour emanating from ice on dust grains in the disc around a young star, revealing a hidden ice reservoir the size of thousands of oceans.
TW Hydrae, a star between 5-10 million years old, and only 176 light-years away, is in the final stage of formation, and is surrounded by…
