JWST observations indicate that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has dust dominated by amorphous silicates similar to the ISM, unlike the crystalline silicate-rich dust in Solar System comets.
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First pixel-by-pixel JWST absorption maps of multiple ice species toward six Class 0 protostars reveal abundance variations from heating and outflows, with total composition matching prestellar formation models covering ~90% of inventory.
Observations of the HK Tau binary with JWST reveal gas-phase molecular lines in the low-inclination primary and ice absorption features in the edge-on secondary, enabled by their differing inclinations.
Radiative transfer modeling of protostellar ices shows absorption originates mainly from 1000-2000 au at the cavity-envelope transition, with apparent CO2/H2O and CO/H2O ratios potentially underestimated due to line-of-sight effects.
No change detected in ice absorption bands of EC 53 between phases, with ice abundances higher than typical for embedded protostars.
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The Dust Mineralogy of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS from JWST/MIRI Observations
JWST observations indicate that interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has dust dominated by amorphous silicates similar to the ISM, unlike the crystalline silicate-rich dust in Solar System comets.
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Mapping Interstellar Ice Inventory toward Class 0 Protostars in Star-forming Region Orion A with JWST Data
First pixel-by-pixel JWST absorption maps of multiple ice species toward six Class 0 protostars reveal abundance variations from heating and outflows, with total composition matching prestellar formation models covering ~90% of inventory.
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MINDS: Complementary inclinations in the binary system HK Tau reveal gas- and ice-phase chemistry
Observations of the HK Tau binary with JWST reveal gas-phase molecular lines in the low-inclination primary and ice absorption features in the edge-on secondary, enabled by their differing inclinations.
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CORINOS V: Radiative transfer effects in protostellar ice observations
Radiative transfer modeling of protostellar ices shows absorption originates mainly from 1000-2000 au at the cavity-envelope transition, with apparent CO2/H2O and CO/H2O ratios potentially underestimated due to line-of-sight effects.
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EPISODE IV: Ice Inventory in the Envelope of EC 53
No change detected in ice absorption bands of EC 53 between phases, with ice abundances higher than typical for embedded protostars.