DescriptionWater in Protoplanetary Disk of PDS 70 (MIRI Emission Spectrum) (2023-130).jpg
English: A spectrum of the protoplanetary disk of PDS 70, obtained with Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), displays a number of emission lines from water vapor. Scientists determined that the water is in the system’s inner disk, at distances of less than 100 million miles from the star – the region where rocky, terrestrial planets may be forming.
NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)
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A spectrum of the protoplanetary disk of PDS 70, obtained with Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), displays a number of emission lines from water vapor.