James Webb telescope finds ice older than the star it orbits
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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope discovered water and carbon dioxide ice in the debris disk surrounding Beta Pictoris, a 20-million-year-old star located about 64 light-years from Earth. Led by Sarah Betti at the Space Telescope Science Institute, researchers found the glassy water ice is mixed with carbon dioxide in proportions similar to comets in our own Solar System, suggesting water-rich planetary building blocks may be common around young stars.
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