Astronomers have uncovered an extraordinary discovery, the largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe, estimated to be around 12 billion years old. Although the find was originally made over a decade ago, it’s recently gone viral again, capturing the public’s imagination with its staggering scale and implications. The discovery involved two …
News Technology Science New link between water and planet formation revealed in study Scientists used a ground based telescope to find out how water affects planet formation around a distant young star. Water distribution in the HL Tauri disc. (ESO) Astronomers found water vapour in a disc around a young star, where planets could be …
NEW DELHI: Using Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have observed water vapor in the atmosphere of the tiniest exoplanet yet, GJ 9827d. The planet, which is merely about twice the diameter of Earth, serves as a potential indicator of other planets with water-rich atmospheres in our galaxy, Nasa said in a release.The current understanding is …