According to the AP News agency of the USA, the famous Hubble Space Telescope has captured the clearest images of a high-speed comet coming from another star system for the first time. This was reported by Zamin.uz.
This object is a comet named 3I-Atlas, which is considered the third known interstellar object recorded by humanity. Astronomers only identified this comet last month, and it has been confirmed that it poses no threat to Earth.
Initial estimates suggested that the comet's icy nucleus was several tens of kilometers in size. However, observations made by the Hubble telescope revealed that its nucleus has a diameter of approximately 5.6 kilometers.
This interstellar comet is moving at a speed of 209,000 kilometers per hour. It will pass not near Earth, but closer to Mars, posing no danger to either planet.
Current data indicates that the comet is located about 446 million kilometers away from us. The images taken by Hubble show a droplet-like layer of dust surrounding the comet and a long dusty tail forming behind it.
This indicates that it is moving at high speed and changing under the influence of light and heat. Thus, the 3I-Atlas comet serves as a source of new information and discoveries for space scientists.
