Astronomers looking for clues to water's origins
Thursday, March 27, 2014 - 08:31
in Astronomy & Space
A gas and dust cloud collapses to form a star. Amid a whirling disc of debris, little bits of rock coated with liquid water and ice begin to stick together. It is this stage of a star's formation that astronomers hope to learn more about how water cycles through a solar system, although this is also when some of the least evidence is available to study.