00:00Interstellar Comet 3 I-Atlas, JUICE's first close-up.
00:05On November 6th, 2025, the Janus camera snapped over 120 images
00:11after the comet's closest approach to the Sun on October 30th.
00:16JUICE was 66 million kilometers away, yet the coma glows bright,
00:20even though the tiny nucleus remains hidden.
00:23Data was delayed by solar conjunction.
00:26Instruments like Janus, Magus, SY, PEP, and UVS
00:30probe the comet's composition and activity.
00:33This reveals clues about its origins in the Oort cloud,
00:37compared to comets from our own solar system.
00:40Full analysis will arrive by the end of March,
00:42as 3I-Atlas continues outbound forever.
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