CO Ice in Protoplanetary Disks (IMAGE)

Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

CO Ice in Protoplanetary Disks

Caption

Artist’s illustration of a planetary disk, a region of dust and gas where planets form. The zoom-in insert displays carbon monoxide molecules in the ice phase.

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Credit: M.Weiss/Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian

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