(ScienceDaily) Recipe for water: Just add starlight

By , Posted 09/02/10

Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100902073639.htm

The European Space Agency's Herschel infrared space observatory has discovered that ultraviolet starlight is the key ingredient for making water in space. It is the only explanation for why a dying star is surrounded by a gigantic cloud of hot water vapor.