US EditionImage: First Glimpse of Comet 3I/ATLAS From Juice Science Camera
JUICE's JANUS camera captured over 120 images revealing the comet's coma, tail, and complex structures using multiple instruments to study its composition and particles.
- On February 27, 2026, the JANUS science camera captured the first image showing interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS spewing dust and gas, with ESA noting its tiny nucleus is not visible but surrounded by a bright coma.
- Throughout November, Juice spacecraft used five science instruments—JANUS, MAJIS, SWI, PEP, and UVS—to observe 3I/ATLAS, with instrument teams receiving data only last week and now analysing it.
- JANUS science camera recorded more than 120 images of 3I/ATLAS, including a processed inset highlighting the coma, while Juice was roughly 66 million km away using its main high-gain antenna as a heat shield and medium-gain antenna to send data.
- Instrument teams, together with the ESA navigation camera team, will meet in late March to compare findings, while ESA published updates and FAQs at esa.int/3IATLAS.
- On 6 November 2025, JANUS captured the comet seven days after perihelion, and months later Juice was on the opposite side of the Sun to Earth with image arrows showing comet motion and solar direction.
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