3I, NASA and ATLAS
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NASA released a trove of never-before-seen images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, unveiling new characteristics of the fascinating object.
NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) have a number of telescope assets which have captured images of the interstellar object. They include: The Hubble, Webb, TESS, Swift, SPHEREx, Perseverance Mars rover, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Curiosity rover, Europa Clipper, Lucy, Psyche, Parker Solar Probe, PUNCH, and ESA/NASA’s SOHO and Juice.
Discovered on July 1 by the NASA-funded ATLAS telescope in Chile, 3I/ATLAS is only the third confirmed visitor from another solar system, following 1I/'Oumuamua in 2017 and comet 2I/Borisov in 2019.