NASA's SPHEREx Observatory Maps Interstellar Ice in Milky Way

An observation made by NASA’s SPHEREx mission reveals vast frozen complexes in the Cygnus X star-forming region of the Milky Way galaxy. The chemical signature of water ice is shown as bright blue structures, while polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are in orange.

Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/IPAC/Hora et al.

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