here's a new story about water being unexpectedly found in an old star dominated by carbon... and a possible explanation for that:
Herschel detection explains the origin of water in a carbon star
ESA's Herschel Space Observatory has detected water vapour in a location previously thought to be impossible - in the atmosphere of an ageing, red giant carbon star. The rich and detailed data provided by Herschel can be explained within a new framework in which ultraviolet photons play a key role. More...
Image credits: ESA/PACS/SPIRE/MESS Consortia
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