TESS Observes Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

TESS Observes Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Throughout an unique observation run previously this month, NASA’s TESS area telescope taped the interstellar comet’s subtle radiance and tail, contributing to archived observations that might expose hints about this…

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is rapidly moving away from us. Can we ‘intercept’ it before it leaves us forever?

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is rapidly moving away from us. Can we ‘intercept’ it before it leaves us forever?

[ 19659002]Astronomers wish to send out a spacecraft to “intercept” 3I/ATLAS or the next interstellar item. Doing so would assist scientists discover more about far-off galaxy in the Milky Way….

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes closest pass of Earth. Where’s it heading next?

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS makes closest pass of Earth. Where’s it heading next?

Satoru Murata, a New Mexico-based professional photographer, snapped this picture of Comet 3I/ATLAS on Nov. 16. The comet flaunts its long tail and secondary anti-tail as a far-off galaxy appears…

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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is erupting in ‘ice volcanoes’, new images suggest

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is erupting in ‘ice volcanoes’, new images suggest

Comet 3I/ATLAS appears to have spiral jets shooting off its surface area, which the authors of a brand-new preprint translate as a kind of cryovolcanism. (Image credit: Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez/…

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How dangerous are interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS?

How dangerous are interstellar objects like 3I/ATLAS?

This artist’s illustration reveals the interstellar item (ISO) Oumuamua taking a trip through our planetary system. We understand of 3 ISOs, however there need to be much more. (Image credit:…

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New ‘nearly interstellar’ comet โ€” wrongly linked to 3I/ATLAS โ€” will reach its closest point to Earth on Tuesday (Nov. 11)

New ‘nearly interstellar’ comet โ€” wrongly linked to 3I/ATLAS โ€” will reach its closest point to Earth on Tuesday (Nov. 11)

Astronomers have actually found a brand-new comet, called C/2025 V1(Borisov ), which will make its closest method to both Earth and the sun. Some scientists have actually controversially connected it…

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‘Interstellar visitor’ 3I/ATLAS may have just changed color โ€” for the third time

‘Interstellar visitor’ 3I/ATLAS may have just changed color โ€” for the third time

New observations expose that 3I/ATLAS might be turning blue. This image, taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in August, was recorded utilizing a colored filter and does not represent the…

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New images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS show giant ‘jet’ shooting toward the sun

New images of interstellar object 3I/ATLAS show giant ‘jet’ shooting toward the sun

A current Gemini & Observatory picture of comet 3I/ATLAS(background)overlaid with the brand-new Two-meter Twin Telescope picture of the comet’s jet (inset). (Image credit: Comet photo: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/ AURA/Shadow the…

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3I/ATLAS-Like Interstellar Objects Could Kick Start Planet Formation around High-Mass Stars

3I/ATLAS-Like Interstellar Objects Could Kick Start Planet Formation around High-Mass Stars

The discovery of 1I/Oumuamua, 2I/Borisov and 3I/ATLAS revealed that considerable varieties of interstellar things occupy interstellar area. Their omnipresence suggests that such things likewise live in protoplanetary disks, which are…

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Webb Observes Interstellar Molecular Cloud Sagittarius B2

Webb Observes Interstellar Molecular Cloud Sagittarius B2

Found in the center of our Milky Way Galaxy, Sagittarius B2 is a huge molecular cloud of gas and dust approximately 3 million times the mass of the Sun. Stars,…

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