40K views · 536 reactions | Recently discovered interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS have been captured using the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT). The Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope discovered the comet on July 1, 2025. Read more https://space-com.visitlink.me/KI-OBo Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: ESO/O. Hainaut/ATLAS/University of Ohio/NASA | edited by Steve Spaleta | Space.com | Facebook

8.5K views · 1.4K reactions | Boom: the most detailed observation of the formation and dissipation of a naturally-occurring comet outburst. University of Maryland astronomers used data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite - TESS to capture a clear start-to-finish image sequence of the explosive emission of dust, ice and gases. More: https://go.nasa.gov/2r96Ue7 | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook