cometa – Foto: Domenichini Giuliano / Shutterstock.com The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, discovered in July 2025 by the ATLAS survey in Chile, exhibits early fragmentation signs due to solar thermal stress. NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) astronomers report accelerated gas and dust release as the object nears perihelion. This activityContinue lendo
3IATLAS – Foto: Jack_the_sparow/Shutterstock.com Astronomers at the ATLAS system detected the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on July 1, 2025, at the Río Hurtado observatory in Chile. The object, the third confirmed to originate outside the Solar System, follows a hyperbolic orbit with an eccentricity exceeding 5, confirming its interstellar origin. ItsContinue lendo
Comet – Photo: Nazarii Neshcherenskyi/istock NASA equipment detected that the interstellar comet 3I/Atlas halted its movement for days near Mars’ orbit, approximately 27 million kilometers from the planet, in October 2025. The phenomenon occurred during the passage of the third confirmed interstellar object in the Solar System, first identified inContinue lendo