US EditionHubble Spots Rare Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS in Eruption
New images from Hubble and ESA’s Juice spacecraft show comet 3I/ATLAS active with large gas and dust jets, indicating ice volcanoes driven by sublimating ices, researchers say.
- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope reobserved interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS last month, capturing its rapid movement against background stars at a distance of 178 million miles from Earth.
- US Congressman George Whitesides stated that there is no evidence that comet 3I/ATLAS is an alien spaceship, clarifying online rumors regarding its nature.
- Indian scientists captured detailed images of 3I/ATLAS, revealing a near-circular coma that provides clues about its composition.
- 3I/ATLAS is expected to have its closest approach to Earth on December 19 at about 170 million miles, with scientists anticipating more images and data from NASA’s investigation.
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Boulder scientists track interstellar comet that sparked unfounded alien theories
Scientists in Boulder are using existing NASA spacecraft to track a rare interstellar comet called 31/ATLAS as it travels through Earth’s solar system. Comet 3I/ATLAS was first observed on July 1 and is only the third known object that’s been discovered to enter Earth’s solar system from another solar system, according to NASA. The comet poses no threat to humanity, and the closest it will get to Earth is about 170 million miles. The comet spark…
By Ashley Strickland, CNN. The Hubble Space Telescope and the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission captured new images of an interstellar comet as the object makes its closest approach to Earth this month. Comet 3I/ATLAS has intrigued astronomers because it originated outside our solar system but was discovered traveling through our celestial neighborhood in July. Since it is only the third interstellar object ever observed passing through our sol…
Comet 3I/ATLAS prepares to make its closest approach to the Earth on December 19, a unique astronomical event that could represent the best opportunity to observe this interstellar visitor.3I/ATLAS is just the third object coming from outside the solar system discovered during its passage through the vicinity of our cosmic neighborhood. NASA continues to study it with various spacecraft and telescopes with the aim of learning as much as possible…
More and more data is being collected about the mysterious comet.
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