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November 19, 2025

Mars

NASA's Mars Spacecraft Capture Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS

On a largely black background, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS appears as a white smudge with a semicircular shape at its core. A transparent white cloud extends slightly from the comet toward the bottom left of the image and, to a lesser extent, toward the r

Two orbiters and a rover captured images of the interstellar object — from the closest location any of the agency's spacecraft may get — that could reveal new details. Full Story, Images, and Animation

NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured dramatic plumes, both large and small, spray water ice out from many locations along the famed 'tiger stripes' near the south pole of Saturn's moon Enceladus.

Solar System

NASA Cassini Study Finds Organics 'Fresh' From Ocean of Enceladus

Researchers dove deep into information gathered from the ice grains that were collected during a close and super-fast flyby through a plume of Saturn's icy moon. Read More