US EditionImage Reveals Unprecedented View of the Third Interstellar Object Observed Passing Through Our Solar System
AUSTRALIA, AUG 7 – Hubble images show comet 3I-Atlas is moving at 209,000 km/h with a nucleus no larger than 5.6 km, providing insights into rare interstellar visitors, NASA said.
- On July 21, 2025, the Hubble Space Telescope photographed the high-speed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from 277 million miles away.
- The comet was first discovered on July 1, 2025, by a Chilean telescope and is the third known interstellar object in our solar system after 2017's Oumuamua and 2019's Borisov.
- Hubble revealed a teardrop-shaped dust plume and a dusty tail around 3I/ATLAS’s nucleus, which measures no more than 3.5 miles and could be as small as 1,000 feet.
- Traveling at about 130,000 mph, 3I/ATLAS likely originates from outside our solar system and has a 67% chance of being older than 7.6 billion years according to researchers.
- Scientists say 3I/ATLAS poses no risk to Earth as it will pass closer to Mars, and its observation highlights a growing population of interstellar objects gradually emerging for study.
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Hubble Space Telescope takes best picture yet of the comet visiting from another solar system - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star. NASA and the European Space Agency released the latest photos Thursday. Discovered last month by a telescope in Chile, the comet known as 3I-Atlas is only the third known interstellar object to pass our way and poses no threat to Earth. Astronomers originally estimated the size of its icy cor…
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