Corey S Powell on Nostr: Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is slowly giving up its secrets. New JWST observations ...

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is slowly giving up its secrets. New JWST observations give a great view of its lopsided, dusty coma & show unusually high levels of carbon dioxide billowing off its nucleus.

These are clues about how it formed long ago in a star system far, far away.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.18209 #space #science #nature