Nathan Roth

Nathan Roth is a prominent astronomer affiliated with American University and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, known for his significant contributions to the study of comets and other celestial bodies. As the lead author of a recent study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, Roth was in the news for his groundbreaking work on comet C/2014 UN271, the largest known comet in the Oort Cloud. His research utilized the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to observe explosive outgassing patterns of carbon monoxide from the comet, offering new insights into its composition and behavior as it approaches the sun.