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Published online 31 May 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040524-11
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Dusty nursery bears baby comets
Ice spied in particles circling young stars.
The dusty disks that swirl around new stars contain some of the building blocks for life, NASA scientists confirmed last week. The disks create the first seeds for planets and also comprise the starting materials for comets.
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