Interstellar Comet Excitement
Michigan State University researchers are tracking a new interstellar comet, Comet 3I/ATLAS, which is traveling from outside the solar system.
This comet is the third ever recorded interstellar object passing through our star system and was first discovered in July.
The European Space Agency released photos of the comet speeding past Mars, captured by a spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet from over 18,000 miles away.
“No new observations are being taken because of 3I/ATLAS’s orientation right now behind the Sun,”
said Tessa Frincke, an astrophysics doctoral student at MSU.
These are the last pictures that will be taken of the comet for a few months.
Author summary: MSU tracks interstellar comet.