3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
The evolution of exocomets and their source populations
Alexander J. Mustill, Tim Pearce, Michele Bannister +12
We review the current state of knowledge of the long-term evolution of the small bodies that give rise to comets and exocomets, as well as their reservoirs. The active cometary pha…
astro-ph.EP2025
JWST detection of a carbon dioxide dominated gas coma surrounding interstellar object 3I/ATLAS
Martin A. Cordiner, Nathaniel X. Roth, Michael S. P. Kelley +10
3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar object to visit our Solar System, and only the second to display a clear coma. Infrared spectroscopy with the James Webb Space Telescop…
astro-ph.EP2025
Water Production Rates of the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS
Zexi Xing, Shawn Oset, John Noonan +1
We report the detection of water activity in the third confirmed interstellar object, 3I/ATLAS, based on ultraviolet imaging with the \emph{Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory}'s Ultrav…