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NASA’s STEREO (Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory) observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from Sept. 11 to Oct. 2. The STEREO mission, designed to study the Sun’s activity and its influence across the solar system, is part of a fleet of NASA spacecraft…
The ESA (European Space Agency) and NASA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, spacecraft captured a glimpse of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on Oct. 15–26. During this time period, the spacecraft’s Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) instrument suite spotted the…
NASA’s PUNCH (Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere) mission observed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS during its passage through the inner solar system. The mission’s ability to observe areas of the sky near the Sun allowed PUNCH to track the comet as it passed close to…
In mid-September, NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captured images of the intriguing interstellar comet 3I The third interstellar object ever detected by astronomers as it passed through our solar system, 3I/ATLAS was discovered on July 1 by the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact…
3 min read View Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Through NASA’s Multiple Lenses Lee esta historia en español aquí. NASA is in the midst of an unprecedented solar system-wide observation campaign, turning its spacecraft and space telescopes to follow comet 3I/ATLAS, the…
On Nov. 7 in Brazil, Indigenous people from the Tupinambá and other ethnic groups occupied the Tapajós River with small boats for several hours, halting barges carrying soybeans and other commodities near the city of Santarém, in the state of…
A panel convened by President Trump is said to have rejected the president’s idea that the agency should “go away.”
Mongabay founder and CEO Rhett A. Butler has been announced a winner of this year’s Tällberg-SNF-Eliasson Global Leadership Prize. The annual prize is awarded to “outstanding leaders whose work is courageous, innovative, impactful, rooted in universal values, and global in…
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CPF Secondary Navigation Home Mission Mission Overview Reflected Solar Instrument Team Members Science Science Overview Calibration Inter-Calibration FAQ News & Resources Publications Current Status CPF Payload Complete and in Storage! The completed CLARREO Pathfinder payload is now in storage at…