Planetary Society logo
  • “Exploration is in our nature.” - Carl Sagan

Bruce Murray Space Image Library

PDS 70 concept art

PDS 70 concept art
PDS 70 concept art This artist’s concept shows the star PDS 70 and its protoplanetary disk. Data taken by JWST have detected water vapor in the inner region of the disk, an area where rocky worlds may be forming. This is the first detection of water in the terrestrial region of a disk that is already known to host two or more protoplanets. NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Olmsted (STScI)