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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS shines in new image

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Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? A spacecraft bound for Jupiter has caught a visitor from beyond our solar system.This striking image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was imaged by the JANUS science camera aboard the European Space Agency's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) spacecraft; it reveals the object's glowing coma and sweeping tail of gas and dust. Comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third known interstellar object ever detected passing through our solar system. Unlike most comets, which originate in the Kuiper Belt or the Oort Cloud, this icy wanderer formed around another star before drifting into our cosmic neighborhood. The bright, egg-shape glow at the center of the image is the comet's coma β€” a vast cloud of gas and dust released as sunlight heats the comet's icy nucleus.…

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