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.

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…

Auf dem Kometen 3I/Atlas wurde Methan nachgewiesen. Es ist der erste Fund von Methan auf einem interstellaren Kometen.

El telescopio espacial James Webb identificó metano, agua y dióxido de carbono en el cometa interestelar 3I/ATLAS. Los datos muestran una composición química poco común frente a…

El observatorio espacial de la NASA localizó el hidrocarburo volátil concentrado cerca del núcleo del cuerpo celeste. El director del Proyecto Galileo sugirió la intervención de…

The view coming back from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has a way of turning familiar categories of comet science slightly awkward. 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object only…