NASA’s Webb detects methane and strange chemistry on interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first mid-infrared chemical fingerprint of an interstellar object, providing new insights into the composition of comet 3I/ATLAS as it traveled away from the Sun. The findings were recently published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. Researchers used Webb’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) during two observing sessions after the comet…

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