The stuff of life: Watery asteroid found around rocky, dying star

Thursday, October 10, 2013 - 15:20 in Astronomy & Space

Astronomers have found the remains of a large, water-soaked asteroid orbiting a superdense dying star, suggesting that planets capable of supporting life may once have existed in the system.

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