Nasa James Webb Telescopes seen Water in space around a comet

Scientists are doing research very seriously about where water came from on Earth. It has been speculated in many researches that rocks moving in our solar system, such as asteroids or comets, may have brought water to Earth. This hypothesis is now getting more strength because the James Webb Space Telescope has seen a comet which has water around it. This comet is present in the Main Asteroid Belt between Jupiter and Mars.

The American space agency NASA in December 2021 James Webb Space Telescope Was sent into space. This telescope started working from July last year and has collected many important information till now. This is the first time that James Webb has detected water vapor around a comet in the Main Asteroid Belt. This suggests that in the early times of our solar system, water may have been present in the form of ice in the Main Asteroid Belt.

Astronomer Michael Kelly of the University of Maryland and his team have done this study. The comet around which water vapor has been detected is called ‘238P/Reed’. The discovery of water vapor around comets lends further strength to the theory that water on Earth may have been delivered by such rocks. However, carbon dioxide is not present in this comet. This study was published in the journal Nature published Has happened.

In a report in February, we told you that a team of astronomers has discovered a new category of asteroids, which can give new information about the structure of our solar system. The new category of asteroids discovered by scientists is in the outer asteroid belt. It is being said that there is a good amount of water in these rocks. The findings in the study have been drawn by comparing near-infrared observations and a dwarf planet, Ceres. It is said that Ceres is a dwarf planet in our inner solar system, where there is a lot of water.