Concept
Interstellar Ice
Frozen molecules coating cold dust grains.
Mantles of water, CO, methanol and other ices on dust grains in cold, dense molecular clouds — sites of complex chemistry.
Overview
Mantles of water, CO, methanol and other ices on dust grains in cold, dense molecular clouds — sites of complex chemistry.
See also
Baryon Acoustic Oscillations
A standard ruler frozen into the early universe.
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Soot-like molecules glowing in the infrared.
Cryosphere
The frozen part of a world.
The Big Bang
How everything began, 13.8 billion years ago.
Black Holes
Regions where gravity stops light itself.
Dark Matter
The invisible mass holding galaxies together.