NASA's SPHEREx Observatory Maps Interstellar Ice in Milky Way
17 Apr 2026, 14:20 GMT
Source URL: https://www.nasa.gov/image-detail/shape-2999-2999-2/
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.