The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture of a high -speed comet going from another star to our solar system.
NASA and European Space Agency released the latest photos on Thursday.
Last month discovered by a telescope in Chile, The Comat Known as 3-Alas There is only the third known intersteller object to pass our way and there is no threat to the Earth.
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Astronomers originally estimated their icy core size at a distance of several miles, but Hubble’s comments have not exceeded 3.5 miles. It can also be as small as 1,000 feet, scientists say, according to A. New paper Published in astrophysical journal letters.
The comet is hurting our path at a speed of 130,000 mph, but will reach close to Mars than the Earth, maintaining a safe distance from both. It was 277 million miles away after being photographed by Hubble a few weeks ago. The binocular binoculars revealed a lacker -shaped plum of dust around the nucleus as well as dusty tail mark.
NASA earlier stated that the comet will create its nearest approach to the Sun in late October, scooter between Mars and Earth’s organs. The agency said that 3i/Atlas should appear for telescopes through September, but then it would pass very close to the sun to see. It is expected to reopened on the other side of the Sun by the beginning of December, allowing new observations.
As Las Cubress Observatory In Chile, the object is named “3i” because this is the third such intersteller object that is to be found 1i/’OUMUAMU In 2017 and 2i/Borisov In 2019.
The observatory said, “All three appear quite dark and red, which only shows 5% sunlight, which hits them, which is similar in reflecting for asphalt.” “Unlike 1i/’OUMUAMU, 3i does not change much in brightness because it rotates, it shows that it is more likely to be circular.”
Los Cumbres Observatorry created an animation of image data from its telescope as it tracked the new intersteler on 4 July 2025: