Cosmic Ice Lab

NASA scientists at the Goddard Cosmic Ice Lab are studying a kind of
chemistry almost never found on Earth. The extreme cold, hard vacuum,
and high radiation environment of space allows the formation of an
unstructured form of solid water called amorphous ice. Often particles
and organic compounds are trapped in this ice that could provide clues
to life in the universe.

Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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