Summary:
- NASA's SPHEREx mission aims to map vast regions of ice and other frozen materials throughout our Milky Way galaxy. This will help scientists understand how stars and planets form.
- The SPHEREx satellite will use specialized instruments to detect and measure the properties of interstellar ice, which is found between stars and in the clouds of gas and dust that give birth to new stars and planets.
- By studying the distribution and composition of this interstellar ice, researchers can learn more about the early stages of solar system formation and the origins of the basic building blocks of life.