Webb Finds Dust-Rich Water Ice in Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
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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.
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Has Dusty Ice Grains Unlike Those in Most Comets, but Similar to Frozen Worlds Beyond Neptune
Learn more about the unique ice grains from comet 3I/ATLAS and how they may hold clues to the building blocks of planets.
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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.
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