Interstellar visitor

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Sadly NASA have gone dark during the 3I/Atlas pass of Mars due to the US government shutdown so although observations will no doubt still be made by NASA using their equipment on and around Mars the delivery of that data will likely be delayed , Luckily European governments are not shut down so observations from ESA's Mars Express and ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter in orbit around Mars should still be expected fairly soon , ESA will have a further look at Atlas in November using their Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer which is currently on its way to look for evidence of Alien life on Jupiter's icy Moons.

Keep watching the skies !




Whatever 3I/Atlas is it isn't a Comet that much is becoming clear.

This on the other hand is a Comet , Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) as seen on 20th September which may be visible in the night sky in the coming weeks.