3I/ATLAS was found a week back by the NASA-funded ATLAS study telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile.

Understood as C/2025 N1 (ATLAS)and A11pl3Z, the comet is getting here from the instructions of the constellation Sagittarius.

“Its extremely eccentric hyperbolic orbit, unlike that of things in the Solar System, handed out its interstellar origin,” ESO astronomers stated in a declaration.

3I/ATLAS is presently about 4.5 AU (670 million km, or 416 million miles) from the Sun.

The interstellar item presents no risk to Earth and will stay at a range of a minimum of 1.6 AU (240 million km, or 150 million miles).

It will reach its closest method to the Sun around October 30, 2025, at a range of 1.4 AU (210 million km, or 130 million miles)– simply inside the orbit of Mars.

“In the VLT timelapse, 3I/ATLAS is seen relocating to the right throughout about 13 minutes, “the astronomers stated.

“These information were acquired with the FORS2 instrument on VLT on the night of July 3, 2025, simply 2 days after the comet was very first found.”

” At the end of the video, we see all frames stacked into a single image: the inmost and finest to date we have of this foreign things.”

“But this record will not hold for long as the comet is getting closer to Earth and ending up being less faint.”

“Currently more than 600 million km far from the Sun, 3I/ATLAS is taking a trip towards the inner Solar System and is anticipated to make its closest technique to Earth in October 2025,” they included.

“While 3I/ATLAS will be concealing behind the Sun at that point, it will end up being observable once again in December 2025, as it makes its method back to interstellar area.”

“Telescopes worldwide, consisting of VLT, will continue to observe this unusual celestial visitor for as long as they can, to learn more about its shape, its structure and its origin.”