PARABNORMAL NEWS — More images of our third interstellar visitor have been captured this time as 3I/ATLAS made its trip around Mars.
Widely believed to be a comet, it has been under close observation since its discovery in early July.
The European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter got the closest views yet, snapping images during its flyby within about 19 million miles of the Red Planet last week. They reveal the bright coma of a comet but no signs of a tail.
Additional images may have been captured by NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover. Two photos released over the weekend show a bright streak cutting across the dark Martian sky.
The Hubble and James Webb space telescopes have already taken images of their own.
In the coming weeks and months, other spacecraft will turn their eyes to 3I/ATLAS including Europe’s JUICE probe, which is on its way to Jupiter.
Photos: ESA/NASA
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