ESA releases new JUICE photo of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS as fresh data reaches Earth
The European Space Agency has published a fresh shot of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, picked up by its Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, which is heading for Jupiter. The image, snapped by Juice’s JANUS science camera on Nov. 6, 2025, from a distance of roughly 66 million km, shows a luminous gas halo trailing a distinctive tail. According to ESA, JANUS logged over 120 images during the session. 3I/ATLAS has become just the third confirmed interstellar visitor to sweep through our solar system, following 1I/‘Oumuamua’s 2017 flyby and 2I/Borisov in 2019. The ATLAS survey telescope in Río Hurtado, Chile, picked it up on July 1, 2025. According to ESA, the comet barreled past the Sun at speeds topping 250,000 km/h. Earth was