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Hubble Space Telescope takes best picture yet of the comet visiting from another solar system
UNITED STATES, AUG 6 – Scientists propose redirecting Juno spacecraft near Jupiter to study 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar comet traveling at 130,000 mph, offering a rare chance to analyze material from beyond our solar system.
- On July 21, 2025, the Hubble Space Telescope captured the sharpest-ever image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, releasing photos Thursday from NASA and ESA.
- Discovered last month by a telescope in Chile, the comet was first identified by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System on July 1, 2025, at 420 million miles from the sun.
- Traveling at 130,000 mph, 3I/ATLAS has a solid icy nucleus that could be 3.5 miles or as small as 1,000 feet in diameter, the orbiting telescope shows.
- Proposing an interception, Avi Loeb suggests diverting NASA's Juno spacecraft—`Juno is in orbit around Jupiter and was planned to end its mission in mid-September 2025`—next year, to study the interstellar object.
- Through September, NASA missions will provide additional observations as 3I/ATLAS remains visible to ground-based telescopes and reappears by early December.
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Hubble Space Telescope captures clearest-ever image of comet coming from another solar system
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Hubble Space Telescope takes best picture yet of the comet visiting from another solar system
The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another star.
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As NASA Missions Study Interstellar Comet, Hubble Makes Size Estimate
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