SOFIA pinpoints water vapour in young star

A team of scientists using the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has pinpointed the amount and location of water vapour around a newly forming star with groundbreaking precision. Infrared spectrum of the protostar AFGL 2591 made by the EXES instrument on SOFIA, superimposed  on an infrared image of the protostar and the nebula that surrounds it, made by the Gemini Observatory  [Credit: Spectrum Image:...

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