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

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 of the water that has made life on Earth possible. Using Webb's NIRSpec (Near-Infrared Spectrograph) instrument, astronomers have confirmed gas - specifically water vapour - around a comet in the main asteroid belt for the first time, pro