James Webb Space Telescope Detects Coldest Ices Measured To Date In A Molecular Cloud

2023-05-20 1

The James Webb Space Telescope captured amazing imagery of the Chameleon I dark molecular cloud. It harbors the "deepest, coldest ices measured to date in a molecular cloud," according to ESA.

Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: ESA/Webb, NASA, CSA, STScI, M. K. McClure, F. Sun, Z. Smith, the Ice Age ERS team, N. Bartmann (ESA/Webb) and M. Zamani (ESA/Webb) | edited by Steve Spaleta