NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope detects methane hidden deep in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which is unusually rich in carbon dioxide |
Views from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope throw the familiar categories of comet science into something awkward. 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object that transited only briefly through the solar system, has been observed before, but this reading feels less like a routine update and more like a chemical surprise that refuses to sit neatly alongside the … Read more