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@mpsgoettingen@academiccloud.social
2025-10-30 13:28:14

ESA’s space probe #JUICE is headed towards a truly unexpected encounter: on November 2nd, observations of interstellar object #3IATLAS will begin. Read more about contributions from #mpsgoettingen

JUICE and 3I/ATLAS: An Unexpected Encounter in Space
3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object to date, is currently traveling through the Solar System and reached its closest point to the Sun yesterday. In the next days, 3I/ATLAS is barely visible from Earth. ESA's spacecraft JUICE, however, is now launching a dedicated observation campaign. With the help of the JUICE’s scientific instruments, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) hope to learn more about the water on 3I/ATLAS.

@hippyjo@c.im
2025-09-15 01:37:06

Is 3I Atlas adjusting its course towards Mars?
#3iAtlas #news
youtu.be/_NnccpJLxBk?si=T4X41l

@Lach@social.linux.pizza
2025-10-09 21:26:59

#3iatlas
I've read that we can't observe 3I/Atlas from earth because it will be behind the sun, but according to SkyLive it looks like i should be possible to spot it from Norway still at around 1730.
If I had had a telescope, I would have tried(and likely failed).
#3i_atlas

Screenshot from SkyLive showing 3I/Atlas above the horizon and the sun below.