Scientists have found cold water vapor enveloping a dusty disk around a star named TW Hydrae. This star is about 10 million years old and realtively close to us at only 175 light years away. The disk itself is about 200 times bigger than the distance between the Sun and Earth. As the new solar system evolves, icy comets will most likely deposit all of their water that they contain on to newly created worlds giving rise to oceans. Astronomers think that this discovery could give light to how planets with abundant oceans could form.
how big are the water molecules and just how abundant are they?
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