# The Interstellar Comet That Showed Us Its Billion-Year-Old Interior: Then Started to Empty

- slug: the-interstellar-comet-that-showed-us-its-billion-year-old-interior-then-started-to-empty
- date: 2026-04-24
- category: Space & Aerospace

The methane was hiding under an ancient radiation-baked crust. Twelve days of JWST observations: nearly half of it was gone.

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