Pin-pointing water in space

(PhysOrg.com) -- Water is regarded as a key ingredient for life - and water exists plenty in the universe. Now scientists have found the precious element in a disk around a young star, similar to our Sun. This disk, supposedly the birth place for future planets, contains a hundred times more water than all oceans on Earth. The astronomical observations obtained with the IRAM interferometer appear very promising with regard to solving the mystery around the origin of water in our solar system (The Astrophysical Journal, February 10, 2010).

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