{
  "id": 16754419,
  "title": "Webb links interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS to worlds beyond Neptune through similar ice signatures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/webb-links-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas-to-worlds-beyond-neptune",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-27T14:00:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-webb-links-interstellar-comet-3iatlas.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A Southwest Research Institute–led study used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to examine ice grains streaming from interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, just the third object from beyond our solar system ever identified. The observations point to tiny aggregates of water ice and dust, about a micron or smaller.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}