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Environment
Mark Waghorn

Earth’s Water Traced Back To Stellar Nursery 1,300 Light Years Away

Watching the sunset, Santa Monica, California. Gaseous water can be detected thanks to the radiation emitted by molecules as they spin and vibrate. CITIZEN OF THE PLANET/SWNS TALKER

Earth’s oceans, rivers and lakes have been traced back to a stellar nursery 1,300 light years away.

Astronomers describe it as the missing link in the origins of life as we know it.

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