Space Phenomena

Water in Space: Ice, Vapor, and Oceans

Water is surprisingly common in the universe. It exists as ice on comets and asteroids, as vapor in stellar nebulae, and as liquid oceans on moons like Europa and Enceladus. A vast interstellar water vapor cloud in the constellation Aquariu

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