The Space Race
January 17, 2026 · 5 min read
The Final Image of 3I Atlas
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Key Takeaways
- 13I Atlas is gone.
- 2In December 2025, Earth had its closest encounter with 3I Atlas, giving us a clear view of the object for the first time in months.
- 3Images from the Hubble Space Telescope show 3I Atlas as a tiny bright dot surrounded by a massive haze of gas and dust called the coma.
- 4When processed through a rotational gradient filter that removes circular elements and reveals distinct gas jets, the images show something extraor...
- 5Even more intriguing is what appears on the opposite side: a trio of jets forming an almost perfect triangular shape.
Overview
3I Atlas is gone. After a whirlwind trip through the inner solar system, our latest interstellar visitor is now returning to the empty void from whence it came. Fortunately, all of our most powerful telescopes and scanning instruments were able to get one last good look at the object on its way out, providing us with more information about 3I Atlas than any other interstellar object discovered so far.
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