XMM-Newton Offers Incredible X-ray View of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS

Dec 12, 2025 - 14:30
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XMM-Newton Offers Incredible X-ray View of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
This XMM-Newton image shows an X-ray view of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. At the center of the image, a bright red spot stands out against a dark background, like a fiery beacon. Starting from this core, faint gradients of purple and blue spread outward, creating a slightly rotated rectangular frame, divided by a thin horizontal line, the detector gap. The red color shows low-energy X-rays, blue marks empty space with very few X-rays. Image credit: ESA / XMM-Newton / C. Lisse / S. Cabot / XMM ISO Team.

Astronomers using ESA’s XMM-Newton observatory have captured an X-ray image of 3I/ATLAS, the third confirmed interstellar object to be detected passing through the Solar System, following 1I/ʻOumuamua and 2I/Borisov.

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