{"id":113438,"date":"2025-09-02T15:14:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/113438\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T15:14:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:14:06","slug":"nasas-webb-space-telescope-reveals-secrets-of-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/113438\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Webb Space Telescope Reveals Secrets of Interstellar Comet 3I\/ATLAS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Science News<\/p>\n<p>from research organizations<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tDate:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tSeptember 2, 2025<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tSource:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tNASA<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tSummary:<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tWebb, Hubble, and SPHEREx are joining forces to study the interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS, revealing details about its structure and chemistry. The comet isn\u2019t dangerous, but it\u2019s offering scientists a rare chance to explore material from outside our solar system.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tShare:<\/p>\n<p>FULL STORY<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nasa-webb-comet-3i-atlas.webp.webp\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" alt=\"Webb Observes Interstellar Comet 3I\/ATLAS\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/><br \/>\n NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope has captured detailed observations of interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS, working in tandem with other missions like Hubble and SPHEREx to uncover the comet\u2019s size, makeup, and physical traits. Credit: NASA\/James Webb Space Telescope<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p id=\"first\" class=\"lead\">NASA&#8217;s James Webb Space Telescope observed interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS Aug. 6, with its Near-Infrared Spectrograph instrument. The research team has been analyzing insights from Webb&#8217;s data, and a preprint is available online. Webb is one of NASA&#8217;s space telescopes observing this comet, together providing more information about its size, physical properties, and chemical makeup. For example, NASA&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2025\/08\/250818102125.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hubble Space Telescope<\/a> and the recently launched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2025\/09\/250902084959.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SPHEREx mission<\/a> have also observed the comet. While the comet poses no threat to Earth, NASA&#8217;s space telescopes help support the agency&#8217;s ongoing mission to find, track, and better understand solar system objects.<\/p>\n<p>Story Source:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/science.nasa.gov\/blogs\/3iatlas\/2025\/08\/25\/nasas-webb-space-telescope-observes-interstellar-comet\/\" style=\"text-decoration: underline\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Materials<\/a> provided by NASA. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.<\/p>\n<p>Journal Reference:<\/p>\n<p>Martin A. Cordiner, Nathaniel X. Roth, Michael S. P. Kelley, Dennis Bodewits, Steven B. Charnley, Maria N. Drozdovskaya, Davide Farnocchia, Marco Micheli, Stefanie N. Milam, Cyrielle Opitom, Megan E. Schwamb, Cristina A. Thomas. JWST detection of a carbon dioxide dominated gas coma surrounding interstellar object 3I\/ATLAS. arXiv, 29 Aug 2025 DOI: <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.48550\/arXiv.2508.18209\" style=\"text-decoration: underline\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">10.48550\/arXiv.2508.18209<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"pull-left\">Cite This Page:<\/p>\n<p>NASA. &#8220;NASA\u2019s Webb Space Telescope Reveals Secrets of Interstellar Comet 3I\/ATLAS.&#8221; ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 2 September 2025. \/releases\/2025\/09\/250902084955.htm&gt;.<\/p>\n<p>NASA. (2025, September 2). NASA\u2019s Webb Space Telescope Reveals Secrets of Interstellar Comet 3I\/ATLAS. ScienceDaily. Retrieved September 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2025\/09\/250902084955.htm<\/p>\n<p>NASA. &#8220;NASA\u2019s Webb Space Telescope Reveals Secrets of Interstellar Comet 3I\/ATLAS.&#8221; ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2025\/09\/250902084955.htm (accessed September 2, 2025).<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t            Explore More<\/p>\n<p>from ScienceDaily<\/p>\n<p>RELATED STORIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Science News from research organizations Date: September 2, 2025 Source: NASA Summary: Webb, Hubble, and SPHEREx are joining&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[64,63,80864,80863,128,285],"class_list":["post-113438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-space","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-comets-and-meteors-solar-system-astrophysics-astronomy-esa","tag-nasa-space-exploration-space-telescopes-asteroids","tag-science","tag-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}