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Hubble Delivers Best View Yet of Rare Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Racing Through Solar System

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Scientists have been able to see the most detailed image so far of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, in which a dust-filled coma surrounding the object and promising signs of a trail were unveiled. The comet was spotted on July 1, 2025, by the ATLAS survey and is going to town…

ESO Captures Clear Images of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Using VLT

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In early July 2025, astronomers announced comet 3I/ATLAS, first observed on July 1 by a Chilean telescope in NASA’s ATLAS network, is an interstellar visitor with a hyperbolic orbit. The European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) imaged the comet on July 3 with its FORS2 camera, capturing the clearest views yet. These observations confirm…