3I/Atlas Images....For Real This Time?

ExoMars TGO images comet 3I/ATLAS (gif) ~ ESA

The title of this post....well, I'll get to that in a minute but let's first take a look at the above gif that came out of ESA's website (here). Kudos to them for posting this, although it's my opinion that they sound very eager to emphasise that this object is a Comet. Hmmm..... a Comet without a distinguishable tail so close to our Sun where sublimation is certain to occur.

So now back to the title of this post. ESA's site popped up when I was searching for news about our Visitor. What also came out was an NBC video featuring Avi Loeb so I listened in. He made a somewhat ambiguous statement (around 3:20-min mark) that the previous elongated images he had analysed could be one of Mars' two moons, and then another saying maybe it could be 3I/Atlas (4:10-min mark). Eh? Lovely. His page still has this caption though, saying it's 3I/Atlas:

As if there isn't enough doubt, confusion and suspicion surrounding this topic! So anyhoooo....whatever, OK. His opinion of "....terrestrial stupidity" is commendable, though. If the images were that of Mars' moon, why did Nasa post them in the midst of a shutdown, and nothing of our Visitor? Are we being distracted?

 

Moving on. I also came across this zoomed-in clip from this site:

It looks nothing like a Comet. They must think we have an IQ of 12.

So the mystery continues....

Namarie! 🩵 

Solar Storms & Winds: 29 September ~ 3 October 2025

© Laboratory of Solar Astronomy, SRI RAS

Documenting the prolonged period of Solar storms, as well as intense Solar winds over the recent days. I've merged the charts together (above) for a better visual representation (please ignore the imperfection). It certainly felt like a very rough period.

That spike on 2 October 2025 was off the chart: 

© Laboratory of Solar Astronomy, SRI RAS

Namarie! 💚

3I/Atlas: Summary Report From The Space Race ~ 5 October 2025

Edit: 6 October 2025

The number of Planets estimated in this Universe has been compared to the grains of sand in the entire world. Wanting to be more accurate (I had stated "trillions" in this post), I checked if there's an actual estimate, and here's something fairly official from Live Science:

"If our galaxy has around 100 billion planets, and there are one trillion other galaxies, and each of them probably has as many planets, we can multiply that together to get 100 sextillion planets in the universe," Popinchalk said. (That's a 1 followed by 23 zeroes.)

"Trillions" is no where near even 1 sextillion 😆

Posting this one from The Space Race as it has ~ like their previous report ~ a good account of The Visitor (that's what I've been calling 3I/Atlas), including some nice explanations.

Here's the link to the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9p_TBzxFBs

 

A point I would like to make is ummmm.....advanced civilisations would not use primitive rocket-based propulsion systems 😉

And coming back to C₂ (or lack thereof) ~ I didn't want to mention it before but will do so now because it's just a non-expert opinion (that's my caveat). Our carbon-rich existence in this realm (including our biology) is related to our density. As we evolve into the next phase, we will become less carbon-based and more silicon. 

As for the Wow Signal ~ well....almost 5 decades have passed and a large portion of the public is still in denial, still believing that we are so special that out of trillions of Planets in just one (out of numerous) Universe, no other Life exists. Except bacteria or virus or some primordial single-cell creatures. Wow indeed. Well done, Society, Media and Religions! OK mini rant over 😄

"The truth is out there" cue X-files music....

 

Namarie! 💙  

3I/Atlas: Images From Mars Perseverance Rover ~ 4 October 2025

Nasa

We have images! Both these images from Nasa's website were courtesy of the Mars Perserverance Rover, and referenced by Avi Loeb.

Nasa

My first reaction to these images was "It's cylindrical?!" Or, as a Ufologist would say, "cigar-shaped". The second reaction I had was the puzzling thought of why the background of these images look so....bare.

Of course, what do I know since I'm just a layperson on this topic 😄 but can't blame me for having those reactions for all the obvious reasons.

Anyway, Avi Loeb offers a mathematical explanation for the elongated shape of this mysterious Visitor, please read it here. (Basically, a time-integation composition of images.) He did not state the probable size of 3I/Atlas, though. If memory serves, I do remember reading that he believes this Visitior to be much larger than the maximum size determined by Nasa (5.6 km diameter) but did not provide statistics.

We're still left with several unanswered questions....

Namarie! 💚 

3I/Atlas Mars Flyby: 3 October 2025 ~ Stefan Burns

European Space Agency

In this video, Stefan Burns highlights the possible connection between the on-going shutdown and 3I/Atlas' Mars flyby, where nearby probes are expected to monitor the Visitor. Some related agencies have halted services ~ including Nasa ~ potentially impacting delivery of data to the public. However, other countries' space agencies have indicated they would track this Visitor during the times it's in close proximity with their probes/cameras.

Stefan also presents recent astounding timelapse images showing 3I/Atlas (purportedly) shooting across Space at an incredible speed. There is also an image taken by another amateur astronomer Filipp Romanov on 2 October 2025.

Here's the link to the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFjO4CTpx54

Namarie! 💜

Solar Activity: 29 September & Ongoing

SpaceWeather

How gorgeous is that? 😍 There were no active CMEs coming the way of Earth, but there were Auroras galore due to the "Russell-McPherron effect", as explained by SpaceWeather.

We've also having a prolonged period of storming, including a few hours at the G3 "strong" category:

© Laboratory of Solar Astronomy, SRI RAS

 

....accompanied by high Solar wind speeds:

© Laboratory of Solar Astronomy, SRI RAS

 

I screenshot these earlier today, when both pressure and density were extremely high:

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/geospace-magnetosphere-movies

https://www.swpc.noaa.gov/products/geospace-magnetosphere-movies

Namarie! 💗

Illusional Delusion....

You Are Another Me

....Or simply, Delulu.

 

Solar Activity, SR & More Comets: 24 - 26 September 2025

Gregorio M Vigilante del Sol

A month ago, I had written (here):

We've not been getting much Earth-facing strong Solar activity for some time now but as per my earlier post, our Sun is still very active in other parts of the Solar System. I feel that 3I/Atlas will have some effect on our Sun as it approaches nearer in the days to come.

With its estimated size (still under debate with Scientists but generally agree that it's "large"), imagine the amount of Cosmic Plasma and its inherent "data" that 3I/Atlas is carrying. There's some serious upgrading happening here.

 

I was expecting 3I/Atlas to affect our Sun but instead it's the other way around!  

SpaceWeather reported on 23 September 2025 (here) that a forecast showed 3I/Atlas flying straight into a CME around 24th or 25th of September 2025:

Of course the Visitor isn't shown on the forecast ~ but I'm assuming the deduction made is that the CME is heading Mars' way and that's the time that 3I/Atlas would be approaching Mars as well, as shown below:

TheSkyLive

 

I can only imagine what effects that would produce! SpaceWeather highlighted some relevant considerations in this excerpt:

A CME IS HEADING FOR INTERSTELLAR COMET ATLAS: How often does a CME from our sun strike a comet from interstellar space? Almost never--so tomorrow’s collision is worth watching. According to a NASA forecast model, a CME launched on Sept. 19th will reach Comet 3I/ATLAS on Sept. 24th or 25th. CMEs hitting Solar System comets have been known to kink or even disconnect their tails. What happens to an interstellar comet is anyone’s guess.  

Are we getting flooded with even more Cosmic Plasma from this noteworthy encounter? 

 

And if this isn't exciting enough, we have Comet Swan and C/2025 K1(Atlas) both in the vicinity of Mars right now as well. Did they also get impacted by the same CME?

TheSkyLive

I can't be certain, but the main image at the top of this post could be the CME in question. It blasted out on 19 September 2025. 

  

During the time period of 24 - 26 September 2025, we had some SR whites:

Space Observing System

 

Namarie! 💝