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A "Ocean" Floating at 450 Light-Years: What the Rings of This Young Star Hide (and It's Not Science Fiction)

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Astronomers have made an exceptional discovery by mapping the presence of water in a protoplanetary disc surrounding the star HL Tauri, located 450 light years from the Earth, in the constellation of Taurus. The cradles of planets in formation When a star is born from a cloud of gas and dust, a part of the material that [...]
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A "Ocean" Floating at 450 Light-Years: What the Rings of This Young Star Hide (and It's Not Science Fiction)

Astronomers have made an exceptional discovery by mapping the presence of water in a protoplanetary disc surrounding the star HL Tauri, located 450 light years from the Earth, in the constellation of Taurus. The cradles of planets in formation When a star is born from a cloud of gas and dust, a part of the material that [...]

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SciencePost broke the news on Friday, April 24, 2026.
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