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JWST Detects Puzzling Absence of Water in Strange Planet-Forming Disk


A young star’s disk shows unexpectedly high CO₂ and little water. The result questions standard theories of planet formation. A research team led by Jenny Frediani at Stockholm University has identified a planet-forming disk with an unexpectedly unusual chemistry: it contains far more carbon diox

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