Interstellar Visitor is Fastest Comet Ever Recorded
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope just captured an incredible image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS racing through our solar system at 130,000 mph!
This cosmic wanderer from beyond our solar system may have been traveling for billions of years before astronomers spotted it.
Watch now to discover what this ancient visitor reveals about our galaxy's history and why scientists are racing to study it before its close encounter with the Sun in 2025!
For more information, visit science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Paul Morris: Lead Producer
Music Credit:
"God is in the Wind" by Yat Fung Wong [CASH] via Universal Publishing Production Music Asia [CASH] and Universal Production Music
Video Credits:
Halley’s Comet Animation by Parky via Pond5
Milky Way Timelapse via Pond5
Comet Grazing the Sun (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
Exocomets in Solar System
ESO/L. Calçada/N. Risinger
Comets orbiting White Dwarf Star
ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Kornmesser
Oumuamua Image
ESA/Hubble, NASA, ESO, M. Kornmesser
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This page was originally published on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
This page was last updated on Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 12:29 AM EDT.