A 'Chilling' Discovery on the Moon, Odd New Images of 3I/ATLAS, and the Physics of Finding Concealed Objects

Interstellar comet passing by Mars seen in rare images

The images taken by two Mars orbiters show a bright, fuzzy white dot of the comet, also known as 3I/ATLAS, appearing to move against a backdrop of distant stars.

Manhattan-sized interstellar object 3I/ATLAS seen zooming by Mars in new images

The first images from Mars of the Manhattan-sized interstellar object 3I/ATLAS have been released as NASA has gone radio silent due to the government shutdown.

Rare images capture a comet from outside our solar system whizzing by Mars

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS — just the third such object ever confirmed to have entered our solar system — flew past Mars last week. A spacecraft got a photo.

European Mars orbiter spies interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS zooming past Red Planet

A European Mars probe witnessed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS' Red Planet flyby on Oct. 3, snapping imagery of the interloper from just 19 million miles (30 million kilometers) away.

A 'Chilling' Discovery on the Moon, Odd New Images of 3I/ATLAS, and the Physics of Finding Concealed Objects

(Image Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Shadow the Scientist) This week in news from The Debrief, new lunar rock samples from the Moon’s far side reveal a “chilling” discovery that is upending past ideas about lunar science. Meanwhile, in news about 3I/ATLAS, NASA’s latest images of the unusual interstellar visitor, captured during its close Mars flyby last week, have stirred both excitement and controversy across social…

Comet or alien probe? NASA Rover image of 3I/ATLAS above Mars deepens mystery

The new images of interstellar 3I/ATLAS were captured by NASA Perseverance Rover on October 4, 2025 as the mysterious object flew past Martian surface. Since its discovery on July 1, various...