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Molecular clouds

NASA’s SPHEREx mission will survey the Milky Way galaxy looking for water ice and other key ingredients for life. In the search for these frozen compounds, the mission will focus on molecular clouds — collections of gas and dust in space — like this one imaged by the agency’s James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA

NASA’s New Space Telescope to Hunt for Ice That Could Harbor Life’s Origins

Dr Serge Krasnokutski

Cosmic Dust Particles May Hold Key to Life’s Building Blocks

Research on the far edge of galaxy M83 reveals unusual star formation in an extreme environment. This area, outlined in yellow, is shown in data from several different instruments. From left to right: optical image from CTIO, ultraviolet image from GALEX, HI 21cm image from VLA and GBT, and CO(3-2) image from ALMA. In this last image, the star-forming “hearts” of molecular clouds, circled with white, are shown.

Mystery of Star Formation Revealed by Hearts of Molecular Clouds

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