NASA releases images of comet 3I/ATLAS
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NASA will reveal new imagery of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on Wednesday (Nov. 19), and you can watch it live. The 3I/ATLAS photos, which were "collected by a number of the agency's missions," according to a statement NASA posted on Monday afternoon (Nov. 17), will be unveiled during a press conference on Wednesday at 3 p.m. EST (2000 GMT).
The unusual comet—which is to pass Earth again in the coming weeks—is only the third known object to visit us from outside the solar system.
The new study involved taking a fresh look at the "Altamura Man," which is an exceptionally well-preserved Neanderthal skeleton covered in a thick layer of calcite, sometimes called "cave popcorn." The researchers' findings suggest that the size of Neanderthal noses might not have had anything to do with living in cold temperatures.
A source at NASA familiar with the operation told The Post that the images from the Mars orbiter, taken in October and delayed due the government shutdown, will be released in “matter of
On July 1, 2025, the NASA-funded ATLAS telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile detected 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object to enter our solar system. Traveling through space at approximately 61-68 kilometers per second,