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NASA's Jupiter Probe Captures Unseen Details of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

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A spacecraft en route to Jupiter has captured unprecedented ultraviolet images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, providing scientists with new clues to the composition of the most ancient traveler ever observed within the Solar System. NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, launched in October 2024 and destined to study Jupiter's icy moon Europa in 2030, unexpectedly observed comet 3I/ATLAS on 6 November 2025. Using its onboard ultraviolet instrume…
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The 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet, observed by NASA from a key point: what do the latest data reveal?The 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet reveals a key fact about its nucleus that surprises astronomersThe NASA released a new image of the 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet, captured by one of its spacecraft as it heads for Jupiter.The photograph was taken by the Europa Clipper mission, launched in October 2024 with the main objective of studying Europe, one of…

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IBTimes UK broke the news in United Kingdom on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
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