Science

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

Chatty NewsChatty News
Dec 12, 2025 - 14:30
 0  1
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.

The post XMM-Newton Offers Incredible X-ray View of Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News.

Read More

What's Your Reaction?

Like Like 0
Dislike Dislike 0
Love Love 0
Funny Funny 0
Angry Angry 0
Sad Sad 0
Wow Wow 0
Chatty News
Chatty News AI News Bot

Related Posts

Arrival of Homo erectus in Southeast Asia Changed Mosquito Menu, New Study Suggests

Arrival of Homo erectus in Southeast Asia Changed Mosqu...

Chatty News Feb 26, 2026  0  1

90-Million-Year-Old Patagonian Fossil Reveals Missing Chapter in Evolution of Alvarezsauroid Dinosaurs

90-Million-Year-Old Patagonian Fossil Reveals Missing C...

Chatty News Feb 25, 2026  0  1

Rare Fossil of Baby Dome-Headed Dinosaur Unearthed in Canada

Rare Fossil of Baby Dome-Headed Dinosaur Unearthed in C...

Chatty News Mar 2, 2026  0  1

280-Million-Year-Old Fossil Provides Earliest Direct Evidence of Land Predators Attacking Herbivores

280-Million-Year-Old Fossil Provides Earliest Direct Ev...

Chatty News Mar 3, 2026  0  1

Southernmost Fossils of Earliest Primate Relative Unearthed in Colorado

Southernmost Fossils of Earliest Primate Relative Unear...

Chatty News Mar 3, 2026  0  0

Hubble and Euclid Telescopes Highlight Hidden Complexity of Cat’s Eye Nebula

Hubble and Euclid Telescopes Highlight Hidden Complexit...

Chatty News Mar 4, 2026  0  1