The James Webb Space Telescope explored a cold, wispy molecular cloud that could provide key insights into the “building blocks of life.” The Chamaeleon I dark molecular cloud, located 630 light-years away from Earth, had “the deepest, coldest ices measured to date” in a molecular cloud — an interstellar groupings of gas and dust where hydrogen and carbon monoxide molecules can form, according to NASA’s statement on Monday. A young protostar — Ced 110 IRS 4, pictured glowing in orange to the left — pointed astronomers to the diverse mixture of frozen molecules within the “difficult-to-investigate” region, which is in the process of forming dozens of young stars. Click the link in our bio to learn more.