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Webb Detects Crystalline Water Ice in Debris Disk around Young, Sun-Like Star


Using data from the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) onboard the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected crystalline water ice in a dusty debris disk that surrounds HD 181327.

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