Skip to primary navigation
Skip to main content
Skip to primary sidebar

Weatherboy Weather News, Maps, RADAR, Satellite, and Forecasts.

Local
Earth Science News
RADAR
Current Warnings
Satellite
Current Maps
Forecast Maps
Video

press conference

NASA Releases Very Blurry and Pixelated Images of 3I/Atlas, Fueling More Alien Spacecraft Talk

by Weatherboy Team Meteorologist - November 20, 2025

NASA released this view of 3I/Atlas today. An ultraviolet image composite of the hydrogen atoms surrounding comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever detected by astronomers, as it passes through our solar system. This image was taken on Sept 28, 2025- just days before the comet’s closest approach to Mars - by an instrument on NASA's MAVEN spacecraft, which has been studying Mars from orbit since 2014. The instrument, the Imaging Ultraviolet Spectrograph, takes pictures in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum to reveal the chemical composition of objects. The image shows hydrogen emitted from different sources: the comet (dim spot on the far left), hydrogen from Mars (bright emission on the right), and hydrogen flowing through our solar system between the planets (dim emission in the middle). MAVEN’s spectrograph distinguished the comet’s hydrogen from the interplanetary and Martian hydrogen using a special mode to separate each source by its speed. Hydrogen emission from the comet is confined to the location of the comet on the sky, which is why it is small and round instead of extended. Image : NASA/Goddard/LASP/CU Boulder

[…]

Primary Sidebar

Sponsored Ad

Search

Search this website

Latest News

Eastern Canada Earthquake Felt in Northeast U.S.
Significant Earthquake Swarm Strikes Nevada East of Lake Tahoe & Carson City
U.S. About to Be Hit By Sinlaku, Most Powerful Storm on Planet
Artemis II Mission Splashes Down After Breaking Human Spaceflight Records
Kilauea Volcano Erupts in Middle of Major Winter Storm
Atlantic Hurricane Outlook Signals Trouble for Hawaii
Atlantic Hurricane Seasonal Outlook Released; El Nino to Make Big Impact
Meteor Explodes Over New Jersey

About | Careers | Contact | Contests

Terms | Privacy | Ad Choices

Weatherboy is a (R) Registered Trademark of isarithm LLC, All Rights Reserved.
All content herein is Copyright by Isarithm LLC 1997-2022

Insert/edit link

Enter the destination URL

URL

Link Text

Open link in a new tab

Or link to existing content

Search

No search term specified. Showing recent items. Search or use up and down arrow keys to select an item.