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Artists hope to turn selfies into comets

The Economist - Wed 17 May 23

A pair of space art projects hope to light up the sky

Webb confirms water in weird comet, but something else is missing

New Atlas - Tue 16 May 23

The James Webb Space Telescope has detected water vapor on an object in the asteroid belt, a region of the solar system where it wasn’t known to survive. The new observations also reveal something ...

Confirmation of water ice in asteroid belt may help solve mystery of Earth's oceans

ABC Science - Tue 16 May 23

The discovery of water vapour around a "main belt comet" inside Jupiter's orbit is being hailed as a breakthrough in understanding where Earth's abundant water came from.

This Comet Could Help Answer Why Earth Looks Like A “Blue Marble”

Inverse - Mon 15 May 23

Comet 238P/Read is a strange rock. Its location just past Mars in the main asteroid belt is an unusual spot for a comet in our Solar System. And it’s missing frozen carbon dioxide, frequently ...

Water Vapor Detected in The Solar System's Asteroid Belt For First Time

ScienceAlert - Mon 22 May 23

We finally have direct evidence.

James Webb telescope spots ancient water frozen in a near-Earth comet — and scientists want to collect it

Livescience - Wed 17 May 23

A new analysis of a comet in the asteroid belt reveals frozen water from the early solar system, hinting at the origins of water on Earth. ...

A Naked Eye ‘Great Comet’ May Be On Its Way

Forbes - Tue 16 May 23

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) could become as bright as the planet Venus in 2024.

NASA's Webb Telescope Discovers Water In A Rare Comet And Scientists Are Stunned

HotHardware - Tue 16 May 23

Scientists took NASA's Webb telescope on a treasure hunt in the asteroid belt, and ended up finding as many questions as answers. Solar system scientists identified water vapor on Comet Read, ...

Is THIS where Earth got its water from? NASA's James Webb discovers H2O around a mysterious comet

Daily Mail - Tue 16 May 23

For the first time, water vapour has been detected in a comet in the main belt - the rocky ring located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, report NASA and University of Maryland experts.

James Webb telescope finds water around a comet in the main asteroid belt

Engadget - Mon 15 May 23

The James Webb Space Telescope just made its second breakthrough observation in as many weeks. Researchers have used the observatory's near-infrared camera to detect the first known instance ...

Earth-Sized Exoplanet With Fiery Volcanoes Discovered in Habitable Zone

SciTechDaily - Thu 25 May 23

The planet, named LP 791-18 d, was located and observed using data from NASA’s Tess satellite and the Spitzer Space Telescope. A team of scientists...

This Week @NASA: Webb Finds Water and Mystery, Partner To Land Humans on the Moon

SciTechDaily - Sun 21 May 23

The Artemis II Moon mission crew visits D.C. … Another partner to land humans on the Moon … And preparing to get to the heart...

Webb Detects Water Vapor around Main-Belt Comet 238P/Read

Sci.News - Tue 16 May 23

New Webb observations show that the main-belt comet 238P/Read has a coma of water vapor, but lacks a significant carbon dioxide coma. The post Webb Detects Water Vapor around Main-Belt Comet ...

Webb finds water, and a new mystery, in rare main-belt comet

SpaceDaily - Tue 16 May 23

Baltimore MD (SPX) May 16, 2023 The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has enabled another long-sought scientific breakthrough, this time for Solar System scientists studying the origins ...

Unexpected New Quest for Astronomers After Webb’s Mysterious Find in Rare Main Belt Comet

SciTechDaily - Tue 16 May 23

The James Webb Space Telescope’s latest discovery is a tale of two detections. Solar system scientists took NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on a treasure...