Comet 3I/ATLAS can cover New York City-Beijing distance in 3 minutes; here’s how fast the interstellar visitor is

On July 1, 2025, Comet 3i/Atlas, discovered by the NASA -supported asteroid terrestrial effect, was explored by the latest warning system (Atlas), wondered the size, color and origin of scientists. Since the discovery of the interstellar object, scientists and astrophotographs have taken multiple photographs, claiming that there was a change in shape, size and color in their findings.

According to NASA, the comet travels from our solar system to 130,000 miles (209,000 kilometers) per hour. It is the highest speed recorded for a solar system visitor so far. This is fast enough to take you from New York to Beijing in three minutes. According to the American Space Agency, this breathtaking sprint is proof that the comet has been dragged in the field of international years for billions of years. 3/Atlas said the longer in space, the higher the speed.

3i/Atlas, which is believed to be a comet from outside the solar system, will reach the closest point to the sun, around 30 October 2025, about 1.4 AU (130 million miles or 210 million kilometers) in the orbit of Mars.
In the beginning of September 2025, the stars visitor of the stars on September 7, 2025, during the “Blood Moon”, astrophotographs Michael Jäger and Gerald Rhemann during the total lunar eclipse, probably changing the color and approached to the Solar system, he suggested that the bright green.

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Science.com, if this surprising transformation is true, the comet will be due to increasing proximity to the sun, he said. The new shots of the comet stuck to the dark sky on Namibia. These images were taken when the full moon passed through the darkest part of the world’s shadow, that is, the sky was darker than usual for that time of the moon.