Webb Finds Dust-Rich Water Ice in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
The comet’s ice appears blended with dust in micron-scale grains, and its spectrum resembles some distant icy worlds, researchers said.
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Webb spotted a subtle difference in the interstellar comet's ice
But not in the way you'd expect. Astronomers caught something unusual about the ice of a comet that came from another star system.A Southwest Research Institute team pointed NASA's James Webb Space Telescope at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS three times between Aug. 2025 and April 2026, catching it before and …
Webb Finds Dust-Rich Water Ice in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have found that the water ice in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is mixed with dark, rocky material in tiny grains. The post Webb Finds Dust-Rich Water Ice in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.
The James Webb finds in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS ice mixed with dark dust, a chemistry that also appears in the confines of the solar system. The entry James Webb detects ice of water rich in dust in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS aparece primero en Merca2.
James Webb Telescope Discovers Dusty Water Ice on Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Observations from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope indicate that water ice in the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is mixed with small particles of dark, rocky material. The spectral properties of these particles differ from those of ice particles in Solar System comets but resemble those found on some icy worlds beyond Neptune, offering clues about [...]
At first glance, the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS seemed to unravel from the comets of the Solar System. Observations from the James Webb Space Telescope indicate, however, that the...
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