comet coma

Water Production Rates of the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLASOPEN ACCESS

07/08/2025 11:29 · by karmaka · in comet, water

Zexi Xing, Shawn Oset, John Noonan, Dennis Bodewits Submitted to ApJL, updated draft version: 8 September 2025 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Original abstract text: “We report the first detection of water activity in the third confirmed…

Spectroscopic Characterization of Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS: Water Ice in the ComaOPEN ACCESS

22/07/2025 09:30 · by karmaka · in comet, D-type, reflectance spectra, water

Bin Yang, Karen J. Meech, Michael Connelley, Jacqueline V. Keane submitted to ApJL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We present optical and near-infrared spectroscopy of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, obtained with Gemini-S/GMOS and NASA IRTF/SpeX on 2025…

Dual storage and release of molecular oxygen in comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

11/03/2022 21:13 · by karmaka · in comet

Adrienn Luspay-Kuti, Olivier Mousis, Françoise Pauzat, Ozge Ozgurel, Yves Ellinger, Jonathan I. Lunine, Stephen A. Fuselier, Kathleen E. Mandt, Karlheinz J. Trattner & Steven M. Petrinec Nature AstronomyPublished: 10 March 2022 LINK “One of the…

Prebiotic chemicals—amino acid and phosphorus—in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

27/05/2016 20:30 · by karmaka · in comet, organic matter, Rosetta, space missions

Kathrin Altwegg, Hans Balsiger, Akiva Bar-Nun, Jean-Jacques Berthelier, Andre Bieler, Peter Bochsler, Christelle Briois, Ursina Calmonte, Michael R. Combi, Hervé Cottin, Johan De Keyser, Frederik Dhooghe, Bjorn Fiethe, Stephen A. Fuselier, Sébastien Gasc, Tamas I….