NASA Opens Public Archives to Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Data, Accelerating Discovery
NASA has opened public access to observations of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, with data from more than a dozen missions (including TESS, MAVEN, JWST, SPHEREx, and PUNCH) stored in archives such as MAST, IRSA, and the Planetary Data System. By combining cross-mission data, researchers can study 3I/ATLAS’s unique composition and behavior, illustrating how open data accelerates discovery and will help scientists compare interstellar objects in the future.