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.
- A spacecraft orbiting Mars captured the photo from over 18,000 miles away.
No new observations are being taken because of 3I/ATLAS’s orientation right now behind the Sun
said researcher Tessa Frincke, an astrophysics doctoral student at MSU.
Astronomers will have to wait a few months for new observations.
Author's summary: Researchers track interstellar comet.