Three times water from Earth's oceans has been seen, in the form of water vapor, in a cradle of planets around a young star. It is the first time that the role of water in the birth of planets has been observed.
The research was based on data from the Alma radio telescope of the European Southern Observatory and coordinated by the Italian group of State University of Milan led by astrophysicist Stefano Facchini. Small lumps which will then give life, through impacts, to increasingly larger bodies.