New Revelations About the Origin of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Webb and ALMA found methane, methanol and unusually high carbon dioxide, offering the first chemical profile of an interstellar comet.
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NASA's Webb detects methane and strange chemistry on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered unusual chemistry in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, including the first direct detection of methane on a visitor from another star system. The comet also contains exceptionally high levels of carbon dioxide, making it unlike most comets born in our solar system. Scientists believe the methane was hidden beneath the surface and only emerged after solar heating reached deeper icy layers.
New analyses reveal details about the origin of the comet coming from another solar system, 3I/Atlas. An unprecedented chance to observe an object coming from a very different environment than everything we know around us.
A British team has read the spectrum of gases emitted by comet 3I/ATLAS: temperatures below 240 degrees negative. No thrusters, just chemistry. The article What really is inside the comet that was to be a spaceship is taken from Future Next.
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which passed through the Solar System in 2020, has been studied by scientists who seek to understand its origin and composition. Recently, a team of researchers published new discoveries...
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