Overview
- ESA published a short clip built from 53 Navigation Camera images that shows 3I/ATLAS crossing space as seen by the Jupiter-bound JUICE probe.
- JUICE ran a short‑notice observing campaign in November 2025 using five instruments under tight thermal limits, capturing images and spectra from roughly 0.4 AU at closest approach.
- The mission generated 126 science files totaling 11.18 Gbits, and teams only received the bulk of the data after higher‑rate downlinks became possible once the spacecraft cooled and geometry improved.
- A separate technosignature search found no credible artificial signals, with FAST researchers rejecting five January candidates as instrumental radio interference and Breakthrough Listen reporting null results in December.
- 3I/ATLAS, discovered on July 1, 2025, is the third confirmed interstellar visitor, reached perihelion in late October, and follows an extremely hyperbolic path that marks it as an object from beyond our Solar System.