Webb finds water, and a new mystery, on a unique main-belt comet

Webb finds water, and a new mystery, on a unique main-belt comet

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has enable another long-awaited scientific breakthrough. This time for solar system scientists studying the origins of Earth’s water abundance. Using Webb’s near-infrared spectrograph (NIRSpec) instrument.  A team of astronomers has for the first time confirme the existence of gas – specifically. Water vapour – around a comet in the main …

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