Comet 3I/ATLAS News Roundup (Nov. 6, 2025): China’s Mars Orbiter Images the Interstellar Visitor, JWST Chemistry Update, and How to See It
Comet 3I/ATLAS news roundup — November 6, 2025 Today’s big development: China’s Tianwen‑1 Mars orbiter captured and released new images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (also cataloged as C/2025 N1), taken from roughly 30 million km away during the comet’s October 3 pass near Mars. China’s state outlets say the sequence shows clear cometary features and marks one of the closest probe‑based looks at the object to date. The observation doubles as a technology pathfinder for China’s upcoming Tianwen‑2 mission. State Council of China+2Xinhua News+2 What the Tianwen‑1 images add Context: ESA’s TGO produced the closest European look on Oct.