Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Closest Approach – Captured by NASA from ISS | Dec 19, 2025

Описание: For the first time in history, humanity is witnessing an interstellar comet as it journeys through our solar system.

Born around another star, Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS entered our cosmic neighborhood carrying ancient material from a distant stellar system — a frozen time capsule traveling unimaginable distances before briefly revealing itself to humanity.

📆 Event Date: December 19, 2025
🎥 Captured From: International Space Station (ISS)
☄️ Object: Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
🌍 Distance: ~235 million miles from Earth

As the comet raced through the inner solar system, NASA scientists recognized the extraordinary opportunity this moment represented. Interstellar objects are incredibly rare, and observing one across multiple instruments and vantage points has never been possible at this scale before.

From Earth’s glowing atmosphere to deep-space observatories, NASA’s interconnected fleet of missions worked together to track 3I/ATLAS across wavelengths, distances, and perspectives. Each observation adds a new layer of understanding — revealing the comet’s structure, composition, motion, and origins beyond our Sun.

This is not just a comet.
It is a message from another star system — one that arrived long before humanity existed, and passed just close enough for us to notice.

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⏱️ TIMESTAMPS

00:00 – Breathtaking Glimpses of a Visitor From Another Star
00:06 – ISS captures the comet ~235 million miles away over the South Atlantic
00:21 – Comet C/2023 A3 near sunrise above the South Pacific
00:47 – NASA-funded ATLAS survey telescope
01:00 – Comet SWAN above Earth’s yellow-green airglow
01:21 – Closest approach to the Sun inside Mars’ orbit
01:27 – Comet Lemmon with aurora over North America
01:41 – Discovery of Comet BLATLAS (July 1, 2025)
01:51 – James Webb observes an interstellar comet using NIRSpec
02:13 – Hubble captures glowing dust cocoon
02:26 – SPHEREx spots a visitor from interstellar space
02:49 – 3I/ATLAS racing through the solar system
03:25 – Hubble
03:26 – the James Webb Space Telescope
03:27 – TESS
03:28 – SWIFT
03:29 – SPHEREx
03:30 – THE PERSEVERANCE ROVERS ON MARS
03:32 – MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBIT
03:33 – MAVEN
03:34 – Europa Clipper
03:35 – LUCY
03:36 – Psyche
03:38 – the Parker Solar Probe
03:40 – Data gathered across NASA’s mission network
03:56 – Like & Subscribe

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🎞️ CREDITS

Credits: Images and data courtesy of NASA and affiliated NASA missions
(Hubble, James Webb Space Telescope, Parker Solar Probe, Perseverance Rover, MAVEN, Europa Clipper, Lucy, Psyche, SPHEREx, TESS, Swift).

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⚠️ DISCLAIMER

This video is created for educational and informational purposes.
NASA content is generally in the public domain.
No ownership is claimed over original NASA imagery or mission data.