New center publication - Ewine van Dishoeck
Astronomers find missing link for water in the Solar System
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have detected gaseous water in the planet-forming disc around the star V883 Orionis. This water carries a chemical signature that explains the journey of water from star-forming gas clouds to planets, and supports the idea that water on Earth is even older than our Sun.
This research is presented in the paper in Nature “Deuterium-enriched water ties planet-forming disks to comets and protostars”