Planet Formation

Planetary Evolution Outer Solar System Jupiter Accretion Gas Escape Circumstellar Disks Atmospheric Analysis Astrophysics Water Worlds Core Accretion Metal-rich asteroids Massive Planets Proto-Earth Habitability Atmospheric Studies Planetary Systems Water Ice Planetary Characteristics

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Webb Telescope Confirms First Extraterrestrial Water Ice in Young Star System

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has definitively detected crystalline water ice in the debris disk of HD 181327, a sun-like star 155 light-years away, advancing our understanding of planet formation.

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2mo ago

New Study Traces Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid's Origin to Outer Solar System

Planet Formation

Webb Telescope Confirms First Extraterrestrial Water Ice in Young Star System

James Webb Telescope Unveils Clear Atmosphere of Hot Sub-Neptune TOI-421 b

Oxford Study Challenges Asteroid Theory of Earth's Water Origin

Water Found to Have Existed 100–200 Million Years After the Big Bang

Astronomers Detect Record-Breaking Supersonic Winds on Exoplanet WASP-127b

Vega's Smooth Disk Challenges Planet Formation Theories

New Study Traces Dinosaur-Killing Asteroid's Origin to Outer Solar System