Tag: TGO
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Mars rovers glimpse interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS near Mars
Rising Challenge: Observing a Visitor from Another Star In October 2025, astronomers faced a familiar problem with an unfamiliar guest. Comet 3I/ATLAS, a rare interstellar visitor entering our Solar System, was about to be swallowed by solar glare as it approached the Sun. From Earth, the glare of the Sun would wash out any view.…
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Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Observed by Mars Orbiters
A visitor from another star In late 2025, Earth’s telescopes were chasing light from a visitor that didn’t belong to our solar system. 3I/ATLAS is not a typical comet born in the icy outskirts of the Sun’s domain; it arrived from another star and is currently just a fleeting guest in our celestial neighborhood. Discovered…
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ESA Captures Rare Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Whizzing Past Mars in Stunning Images
Interstellar Visitor Makes a Dramatic Mars Flyby A rare celestial event unfolded as interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS hurtled past Mars, offering scientists a glimpse into material that originated outside our solar system. The unusual sighting was documented by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) and the Mars Express spacecraft, marking only the…
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Closest view yet of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS captured by Mars orbiter
Interstellar guest returns to the spotlight The interstellar wanderer 3I/ATLAS has yielded the closest images yet from a Mars-orbiting spacecraft, offering a rare glimpse of a visitor that did not begin in our solar system. European Space Agency (ESA) officials confirmed that the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO), along with NASA’s Mars Express, captured a…
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European Mars Orbiter Spies Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Zooming Past Red Planet
Overview: A Rare Interstellar Visitor Near Mars In a remarkable observational feat, a European Mars orbiter recorded imagery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as it whizzed past Mars on October 3. The flyby brought the comet to within about 19 million miles (30 million kilometers) of the Red Planet, providing scientists with a rare chance…