Artist's impression of a protoplanetary disk; © L. Calcada, ESO

A vast water reservoir is found in a forming planetary system

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Artist's impression of a protoplanetary disk; © L. Calcada, ESO
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The sky on 18 Apr 2026

The sky on 18 April 2026
Sunrise
06:15
Sunset
19:25
Twilight ends
20:54
Twilight begins
04:46

1-day old moon
Waxing Crescent

5%

1 day old

Planets
Rise Culm. Set
Mercury 05:25 11:27 17:28
Venus 07:30 14:26 21:22
Moon 06:49 13:58 21:18
Mars 05:22 11:30 17:37
Jupiter 11:08 18:17 01:26
Saturn 05:29 11:35 17:40
All times shown in PDT.

Source

Hogerheijde, M.R., et al., Science, 334, pp. 338 (2011)

Transcript of a news story presented on the Naked Scientists, 23rd October 2011.

Image credit

Artist's impression of a protoplanetary disk; © L. Calcada, ESO

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34.05°N
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