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This artist’s impression shows the evolution of heavy water molecules (H2O, HDO, and D2O) as they have been observed in giant molecular clouds, a planet forming-disk, and comets—before they eventually may have made their way to Earth. Credit: NSF/AUI/NSF NRAO/P. Vosteen, B. Saxton

Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Exoplanets, -moons, -comets, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Interstellar, Press Release

First-ever Detection Of Heavy Water In A Planet-forming Disk

by Keith CowingOctober 15, 2025October 15, 2025

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have made a first-ever detection of doubly deuterated water (D2O, or “heavy water”) in a planet-forming disk around V883 Ori, a young […]

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First-ever Detection Of Heavy Water In A Planet-forming Disk

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Panchromatic Spectra of Nearby Low-mass and Sun-like Stars with Directly Imageable Habitable Zones

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