Our country's spacecraft has observed interstellar objects for the first time! The Tianwen-1 probe has sent back new photos.

date
06/11/2025
The journalist learned from the National Space Administration that recently, the Tianwen-1 orbiter successfully observed the interstellar body - Atlas using a high-resolution camera, marking the first time a Chinese spacecraft has observed an interstellar body. During this time, the Tianwen-1 orbiter was approximately 30 million kilometers away from the target celestial body, making it one of the closest detectors to observe this celestial body.