Primordial water formed in the era of the first stars

IF 12.9 1区物理与天体物理 Q1 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Nature Astronomy Pub Date : 2025-03-03 DOI:10.1038/s41550-025-02483-0

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Abstract

State-of-the-art computer simulations show that the first water in the Universe formed in primordial supernova remnants 100 Myr after the Big Bang. This water enriched sites of future planet formation, leading to water mass fractions close to those present in the Solar System today.

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Nature Astronomy Physics and Astronomy-Astronomy and Astrophysics

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19.50

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252

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