Dying star in hot water
Hot water discovered around a giant carbon star requires a new theory for the chemistry around stars to be explained. The new theory could significantly alter our understanding of what materials exist in interstellar space, and where water and life could exist in the universe. "It makes us realize that the chemistry in all stars can be much more complex than we thought it was," said astronomer Leen Decin of the Instituut voor Sterrenkunde in Belgium, lead author of the study published Sept. 2 in Nature. "If we don't understand what is created from these old stars, we don't know what the main ingredients of new stars and planets are made from." Read the comments on this post
Dying star in hot water
Astronomers think light from distant stars may be forming water on a dying red giant twice the mass and 700 times the size of our Sun.
Thu 2 Sep 10 from ABC Science
Recipe for water: Just add starlight
ESA's (European Space Agency) Herschel infrared space observatory has discovered that ultraviolet starlight is a key ingredient for making water in the atmosphere of some stars. It is the only ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from PhysOrg
Recipe for Water? Just Add Starlight, Tue 7 Sep 10 from U.S. News
Hot Water Around Giant Carbon Star Creates Interstellar Mystery
Hot water discovered around a giant carbon star requires a new theory for the chemistry around stars to be explained. The new theory could significantly alter our understanding of what materials ...
Wed 1 Sep 10 from Wired Science
Hot water around giant carbon star creates interstellar mystery, Wed 1 Sep 10 from Ars Technica
Old star wallows in 'steam bath'
Europe's Herschel space telescope spies an aging star that has surrounded itself in hot water vapour.
Wed 1 Sep 10 from BBC News
Old Star's Super-Hot Water Vapor Surprises Scientists
Hot water vapor has been discovered in the atmosphere of an aging star, surprising scientists who thought the chemistry of such stars would have forbid it.
Wed 1 Sep 10 from Livescience
Old Star's Super-Hot Water Vapor Surprises Scientists, Wed 1 Sep 10 from SPACE.com
Water vapour sheds light on stellar chemistry
Water vapour has been detected in the dust cloud of a carbon-rich star, suggesting previously unrecognised photochemistry could be taking place
Wed 1 Sep 10 from Chemistry World
Mystery of star's cloud of water solved
PARIS, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- A distant dying star surrounded by water is using an unexpected ingredient -- ultraviolet starlight -- to create it, European scientists say. Water - Ultraviolet ...
Thu 2 Sep 10 from UPI
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