Interstellar molecule · CO₂

Carbon Dioxide

A common component of the icy mantles that coat interstellar dust grains, detected by the infrared absorption its ice produces against background starlight. Its abundance in ices records the chemistry and radiation history of a cloud.

Spectroscopy
Infrared
Interstellar Dust

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Associated withSpectroscopy
Associated withInfrared
Associated withInterstellar Dust

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Carbon Dioxide

Environments, telescopes & molecules

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Carbon Dioxide

Environments, telescopes & molecules

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