US EditionNASA unveils close-up pictures of the comet popping by from another star
NASA confirmed 3I/ATLAS behaves like a comet with a coma and tail using data from 15 spacecraft and telescopes, including Hubble and James Webb.
- On November 19, NASA unveiled close-up images of 3I/ATLAS during a livestream at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, showing it as a bright point with a fuzzy halo from Hubble and James Webb telescopes.
- Discovered on July 1 by the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile, 3I/ATLAS is the third confirmed interstellar object, offering a rare chance to study planetary material from another star.
- Measurements indicate comet 3I/ATLAS was imaged from 277 million miles by Hubble to 18 million miles by Mars orbiters, traveling from 137,000 to 153,000 miles per hour near perihelion.
- At the press event, NASA said 3I/ATLAS looks like a comet with no technosignatures, will safely pass 167 million miles from Earth on December 19, and Dr. Nicky Fox said `We love that the world wondered along with us`.
- Scientists plan to observe 3I/ATLAS after its Dec. 19 Earth pass, with further tracking in early December, as Tom Statler said, `It'd be fabulous if we could trace back the incoming trajectory of the solar system & but things are not quite so simple`.
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The comet 3I/Atlas fascinates researchers all over the world. Therefore, the Nasa collects as much data about the interstellar visitor as possible - and has now published new pictures.
The comet 3I/Atlas fascinates researchers all over the world. Therefore, the Nasa collects as much data about the interstellar visitor as possible - and has now published new pictures.
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