Europa Clipper Reveals a New Perspective on Comet 3I/ATLAS

Europa Clipper Reveals a New Perspective on Comet 3I/ATLAS
By Andy Tomaswick (https://ift.tt/m5xrA2Z)

Researchers have been trying to look at interstellar object 3I/ATLAS from every conceivable angle. That includes very unconventional ones. Recently, while 3I/ATLAS passed out of view of the Earth, it moved into a great vantage point for one of our interplanetary probes. Europa Clipper, whose main mission is to explore Jupiter’s active moon, turned its gaze during its six year journey back towards the center of the solar system and observed 3I/ATLAS as it was reaching its perihelion, and out of sight from the Earth.

December 30, 2025 at 07:13PM
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