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Webb Unveils Dark Side of Pre-stellar Ice Chemistry
Release date: Monday, January 23, 2023 11:00:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Webb has identified frozen forms of a wide range of molecules, including carbon dioxide, ammonia, and methane.
The discovery of diverse ices in the darkest regions of a cold molecular cloud measured to date has been announced by an international team of astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. This result allows astronomers to examine the simple icy molecules that will be incorporated into future exoplanets, while opening a new window on the origin of more complex molecules that are the first step in the creation of the building blocks of life.
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