Press releases

AS LEADING AUTHOR:

• NASA: Webb Detects Water Vapor in Rocky Planet-Forming Zone

• ESA: Webb Detects Water Vapor in Rocky Planet-Forming Zone

• CNN: Webb telescope spots water in a nearby planetary system

• MPIA: Water discovered in rocky planet-forming zone offers clues on habitability

• Spiegel: Aufnahmen des James-Webb-Teleskops: Gibst es anderes Leben in Weltall?

• space.com: James Webb Space Telescope spies water near center of planet-forming disk in cosmic 1st

• New Scientist: Water seen in young planet system shows Earth may have always been wet

• Spiegel+: Schon auf der Baby-Erde könnte es Wasser gegeben haben

• Université Paris Saclay: Le télescope spatial JWST détecte de l’eau dans un disque abritant des embryons de planètes

• Media INAF: Acqua in un sistema planetario in formazione

• Le Scienze: James Webb trova acqua in un sistema planetario in formazione

• La Stampa: Acqua in un sistema solare in formazione

• Passione Astronomia: Scoperta acqua nella zona di formazione di un esopianeta

• ANSA: C’é acqua in un sistema planetario nascente, a 370 anni luce

• Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (20. August 2023, nr. 33, Seite 54): Staub zu Planeten

  Articles:

• Scientific American: JWST Is Tracking Down the Cosmic Origins of Earth’s Water

• Le Scienze: JWST sta rintracciando le origini cosmiche dell’acqua terrestre

• SpaceRef: Cosmic water studies are expanding the notion of planetary habitability

• HIGHLIGHTS 2023: Water supplies for Earth-like planets

• Astrobites: Water, Water, Everywhere – And Not a Drop to Photodissociate!

  Videos:

• MPIA: Water in the terrestrial planet-forming zone of the PDS 70 disk

• NASASpaceNews: JWST discovers water vapour in a disk with giant planets

• Night Sky News (Dr. Becky): JWST finds water where planets are forming around a star
  
  
  AS CO-AUTHOR:

• NASA: Webb Finds Plethora of Carbon Molecules Around Young Star

• MPIA: JWST snaps supersonic outflow of young star

• Nature: How worlds are born: JWST reveals exotic chemistry of planetary nurseries

• NASA: Webb Unveils Dark Side of Pre-stellar Ice Chemistry

• ESA: Webb’s view of the molecular cloud Chameleon I

• MPIA: JWST peeks into the birthplaces of exoplanets

• POLITIKEN: Dansk studerende wil hjœlpe Elon Musk til at dø på Mars
  

  Public science communication talks/interviews:

• AstronomiAmo: Alla ricerca delle origini dell’acqua terrestre in sistemi planetari in formazione

• 6th Shaw-IAU Workshop on Astronomy for Education: Tracking Down the Cosmic Origins of Earth’s Water

• ULAB: Exoplanets booklet
  

  
  Empowering minorities:

• MPIA Womens+ Spotlight
  

  
  Podcasts

• CO.Scienza: La scienza del JWST

• Planetary Radio (The Planetary Society) : JWST detects water vapor in a planet-forming disk

• Astrochem Coffee: Water in the terrestrial planet-forming zone of the PDS 70 disk

• CO.Scienza: Gli esopianeti e il James Webb Space Telescope

Last update: March 13, 2025