Webb Discovers “Dirty Snowballs” Orbiting a Sun-Like Star 155 Light-Years Away

Researchers found water ice throughout a dusty debris disk circling the Sun-like star HD 181327. We’ve long known that ice, frozen water, is common in our own solar system. It’s found on the moons of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, and has been spotted on comets, dwarf planets, and rocky objects drifting through the Kuiper [...]