Daniel Pomarède<p>JWST reveals unusual jets of volatile gas from icy Centaur 29P</p><p>📷 An artist’s concept of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Centaur29P" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Centaur29P</span></a>’s outgassing activity. While prior radio-wavelength observations showed a jet of gas pointed toward <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a>, astronomers used <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JWST</span></a> to gather additional insight on the front jet’s composition and noted three more jets of gas spewing from Centaur 29P’s surface.<br>NASA, ESA, CSA, L. Hustak (STScI)</p><p><a href="https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-reveals-unusual-jets-of-volatile-gas-from-icy-centaur-29p" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">science.nasa.gov/missions/webb</span><span class="invisible">/nasas-webb-reveals-unusual-jets-of-volatile-gas-from-icy-centaur-29p</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centaur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centaur</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centaurs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centaurs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Webb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Webb</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telescope</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SolarSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarSystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a></p>