This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way,

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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Shifting water snowline, exoplanet research. This illustration shows how the outburst of a young star has displaced a marker called the water-snow line, making it more detectable. This star is V883 Orionis, a protostar 1350 light years from Earth in the constellation of Orion. As a newly formed star, it is currently in outburst mode (bottom), compared to the non-outburst mode (top). The water-snow line is the point where the temperature and pressure are the right level for water-ice to form. This tipping point affects the type and habitability of planets that form. For an ALMA image of this system, see image C035/6736. Illustration published in 2016.

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