JWST mid-IR observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS yield the first direct methane detection and confirm strongly enhanced CO2:H2O mixing ratios relative to solar system comets.
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Simulations of solar analogues in stellar clusters demonstrate that extended debris disks perturbed by stellar encounters form Oort cloud-like structures and interstellar comets, while compact disks produce Kuiper-belt analogues.
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The Volatile Inventory of 3I/ATLAS as seen with JWST/MIRI
JWST mid-IR observations of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS yield the first direct methane detection and confirm strongly enhanced CO2:H2O mixing ratios relative to solar system comets.
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Implications for the formation of Oort cloud-like structures and interstellar comets in dense environments
Simulations of solar analogues in stellar clusters demonstrate that extended debris disks perturbed by stellar encounters form Oort cloud-like structures and interstellar comets, while compact disks produce Kuiper-belt analogues.