{"id":73281,"date":"2025-11-07T08:53:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/chinas-tianwen-1-mars-probe-captures-images-of-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T08:53:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T11:53:23","slug":"chinas-tianwen-1-mars-probe-captures-images-of-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/chinas-tianwen-1-mars-probe-captures-images-of-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas\/","title":{"rendered":"China’s Tianwen 1 Mars probe captures images of interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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China’s Tianwen 1 Mars orbiter has imaged the interstellar comet 3I\/ATLAS during its close pass by the Red Planet, aiding global efforts to study the rare interstellar interloper.<\/p>\n

3I\/ATLAS<\/u><\/a> is only the third object ever confirmed to have reached our solar system<\/u><\/a> after originating in another planetary system, following ‘Oumuamua<\/u><\/a> in 2017 and 2I\/Borisov<\/u><\/a> in 2019. This time, space agencies around the world have been looking at any and all ways to study the invading comet, including repurposing spacecraft spread across the solar system.<\/p>\n

The European Space Agency<\/u><\/a> and NASA are known to have pointed their Mars spacecraft<\/u><\/a>, including surface rovers, toward the comet when 3I\/ATLAS, which is thought to be older than our solar system<\/u><\/a>, passed by in early October. And now the China National Space Administration (CNSA) has revealed that its own Tianwen 1<\/u><\/a> spacecraft imaged the comet between Oct. 1 and Oct. 4, publishing images showing its path during this time, as well as a standalone photo from Oct. 3.<\/p>\n