Interstellar Comet 3i Atlas Nasa
Dec 4, 2025nasa's hubble space telescope captured this image of interstellar comet 3i/atlas on july 21, 2025, when the comet was 277 million miles from earth. 9 hours agointerstellar comet 3i/atlas (circled) is a bright dot with a tail passing through a field of stars in this video from nasa’s tess (transiting exoplanet survey satellite). The prefix "3i" designates it as the third confirmed interstellar object passing through the solar system, after 1i/ʻoumuamua and 2i/borisov.
[21] 3i/atlas is an active comet consisting of a solid icy nucleus. Dec 2, 2025nasa missions are working together to track and study this rare, interstellar comet as it passes through our solar system. Comet 3i/atlas is only the third known object to pass through our.
Dec 8, 2025new 3i/atlas images from nasa and the european space agency suggest the interstellar comet is active as it approaches earth in december. Nov 30, 2025nasa reveals these new 4 things about 3i/atlas through the largest coordinated study of an interstellar comet, confirming its natural origin, ancient chemistry, and non-threatening trajectory. Nov 19, 2025this image shows the halo of gas and dust, or coma, surrounding comet 3i/atlas, the third interstellar object ever detected by astronomers as it passes through our solar system.
On january 22, 2026, interstellar comet 3i/atlas will align itself to within an exceptionally small angle with the earth-sun axis. At this alignment, the comet will allow the measurement of a . Jul 16, 2025the third interstellar object, 3i/atlas, is the newest, brightest, potentially largest, and fastest member of this population.
We report observations of 3i/atlas taken on 2025 july 3 and 4. Dec 22, 2025comet 3i/atlas hubble space telescope image of the interstellar comet 3i/atlas. Hubble photographed the comet on july 21, 2025, when the comet was 446 million kilometers (277.
