A spectrum of the protoplanetary disk of PDS 70 (IMAGE)

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

A spectrum of the protoplanetary disk of PDS 70

Caption

A spectrum of the protoplanetary disk of PDS 70, obtained with Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument), displays a number of emission lines from water vapor. Scientists determined that the water is in the system’s inner disk, at distances of less than 100 million miles from the star – the region where rocky, terrestrial planets may be forming. Download the full-resolution version from the Space Telescope Science Institute.

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Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Olmsted (STScI) Download the full-resolution version from the Space Telescope Science Institute.

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