The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS may be out of view of Earth, but orbiters on Mars were able to recently get a look at it.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS made its closest pass of Mars on Oct. 3, and Europe’s Red Planet spacecraft were ready for it.
Astronomers just caught a rare glimpse of an interstellar comet as it zoomed past Mars. Images of the object, dubbed 3I/ATLAS, were captured by two of the the European Space Agency's Mars orbiters -- ...
I/ATLAS, only the third object from beyond our solar system ever spotted from Earth, was viewed from Mars by an orbiting European spacecraft.
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is just the third such object ever confirmed to have entered our solar system. It has attracted ...
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