3 i Atlas

[Stealth Blimp]

I'm sorry I remember Hale-Bopp in 1997. I just can't get excited about comets anymore.

[ARM1968]

This was always just a rock and a convenient cover for R2 Swann

[Roma]

Four more days until it reaches its closest point to earth.  Will we get some good info?  Or at least good pictures?  This thing is so full of anomalies...and it just goes to show how little we know about the cosmos.

p.s. I'm still hoping for aliens lol.

[Quantum12]

Four more days until it reaches its closest point to earth.  Will we get some good info?  Or at least good pictures?  This thing is so full of anomalies...and it just goes to show how little we know about the cosmos.

p.s. I'm still hoping for aliens lol.

I am hoping too for aliens! We know so little about our oceans let alone 3I/Atlas. I hope we get some better photos!

[UltraBudgie]

I'm sorry I remember Hale-Bopp in 1997.

What a beautiful gentle soul.

[Darkorange]

Small news piece says: "NASA has lost contact with its Mars orbiter, MAVEN, just weeks after the spacecraft gathered critical data during a close fly-by of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS"...

News piece here

Coincidence? 


Unless someone has posted already...


 

[Quantum12]

Small news piece says: "NASA has lost contact with its Mars orbiter, MAVEN, just weeks after the spacecraft gathered critical data during a close fly-by of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS"...

News piece here

Coincidence? 


Unless someone has posted already...


 

 Nothing surprises me when it comes to NASA!

[Maxmars]

...  Scientists are particularly interested in the gas jets it emits, one of which is reportedly flowing towards the sun—a surprising and highly unusual phenomenon.

Analysing the speed and composition of those jets is crucial, as it could confirm whether they are merely pockets of ice sublimating when exposed to sunlight, 'or perhaps some technological thrusters'. The loss of MAVEN's high-resolution images and atmospheric data from its close Martian vantage point is a significant blow to this investigation.
Global Scrutiny Continues

Despite the MAVEN blackout, the pursuit of data on 3I/ATLAS is far from over. The interstellar comet is set to make its closest approach to Earth on 19 December.

Eye's up everyone! 

[Blackfingers]

Was that today?
Looking at beautiful Blue sky outside this evening...

[BeyondKnowledge]

Was that today?
Looking at beautiful Blue sky outside this evening...

Lucky you. Raining here. I do have a nice new telescope setup that needs a good test drive. But the weather is not cooperative.