EPISODE · Sep 28, 2025 · 12 MIN
3I/ATLAS Is About to Buzz Mars and Jupiter - And Our Spacecraft Will Be Watching
from Sleep From Space - Artemis and the Moon plus Daily Space Weather, Auroras & Rocket Launches · host Caloroga Labs Space News and Weather
3I/ATLAS is embarking on an extraordinary grand tour of our solar system, making close encounters with Mars, Venus, and Jupiter that seem almost too perfect to be coincidental. On October 3rd, it will pass just 18.6 million miles from Mars - closer than Earth ever gets to the Red Planet. Our robotic sentinels, from Mars orbiters to Jupiter's Juno spacecraft, are positioning themselves for humanity's most comprehensive study of an interstellar visitor ever conducted. Tonight we follow this cosmic ballet and the unprecedented scientific opportunities it presents.Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.
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3I/ATLAS is embarking on an extraordinary grand tour of our solar system, making close encounters with Mars, Venus, and Jupiter that seem almost too perfect to be coincidental. On October 3rd, it will pass just 18.6 million miles from Mars - closer than Earth ever gets to the Red Planet. Our robotic sentinels, from Mars orbiters to Jupiter's Juno spacecraft, are positioning themselves for humanity's most comprehensive study of an interstellar visitor ever conducted. Tonight we follow this cosmic ballet and the unprecedented scientific opportunities it presents.Portions of the podcast are made with the assistance of AI which helps us gather informaton from the NASA and other sources.
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