water vapor
noun
: water in a vaporous form especially when below boiling temperature and diffused (as in the atmosphere)
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The simulated collision matched a roughly 17-kilometer-wide impactor slamming into Mercury at speeds of up to 30 kilometers per second, generating a dense, temporary atmosphere rich in water vapor around the planet, the team reports in the new study.
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 28 May 2026
The new findings, published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, suggest that earlier observations may have been influenced by statistical uncertainty rather than definitive signs of erupting water vapor.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Landings can also release water vapor, carbon dioxide and other gases into the lunar exosphere – an extremely thin layer of atoms hovering above the surface – and create a temporary atmosphere.
—Parvathy Prem, The Conversation, 14 May 2026
Water also exists in the air as water vapor, in rivers and lakes, in icecaps and glaciers, in the ground as soil moisture and in aquifers, and even in you and your dog.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
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Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 28 May 2026
The new findings, published in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics, suggest that earlier observations may have been influenced by statistical uncertainty rather than definitive signs of erupting water vapor.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Landings can also release water vapor, carbon dioxide and other gases into the lunar exosphere – an extremely thin layer of atoms hovering above the surface – and create a temporary atmosphere.
—Parvathy Prem, The Conversation, 14 May 2026
Water also exists in the air as water vapor, in rivers and lakes, in icecaps and glaciers, in the ground as soil moisture and in aquifers, and even in you and your dog.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
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“Water vapor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20vapor. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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