A new set of observations from the James Webb space telescope could help scientists learn more about how Earth formed millions of years ago.
The James Webb space telescope has captured data that could help us better understand how Earth formed billions of years ago. According to the new data, James Webb has detected water vapor in planet-forming disks, which adds more credence to a long-standing theory on how planets like Earth are formed. Webb detected the water vapor in two different compact disks of gas and dust, which surround two different starts – both of which are between two and three million years old.
A protoplanetary disk similar to the ones that James Webb observed. This discovery lends additional support to the idea that the Earth and other planets formed thanks to this pebble accretion, with tiny particles eventually coming together and amazing into the massive planets that we are now busy living on and exploring.
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