NASA's Webb found water where no one expected it — in a dying star
The James Webb Space Telescope detected water vapor in the dust envelope of a dying star near the center of our galaxy, a first-of-its-kind observation. Scientists thought the harsh environment would destroy water, not harbor it. The find is rewriting what we know about how water — the stuff of life — survives and travels through space.
The upbeat factorEven in a dying star, the universe keeps a little water.