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Interstellar Comet Grows Tail

Tail of comet that's visiting from another star is growing, new telescope image shows
A new image shows the growing tail of a comet from another star system streaking across our solar system. The image of comet 3I/ATLAS was captured on Aug. 27 using one of the telescopes at the International Gemini Observatory in Chile during a public outreach event allowing students to work with astronomers.
Has 3I/ATLAS' tail been growing? Telescope observations reveal how comet has changed
A telescope in Chile recently glimpsed 3I/ATLAS' glowing tail, which observations reveal has grown as the interstellar object cruises toward the sun.
Interstellar Comet Grows Tail As It Hurtles Toward Earth
A recently discovered comet is becoming more active as it flies through our solar system toward the sun. That’s according to experts at the National Science Foundation's NoirLab, who have been monitoring the comet with the Gemini South telescope in Chile.
A comet going 130,000 mph is visiting our solar system from another star. The Hubble telescope just took its picture.
Discovered last month by a telescope in Chile, the comet known as 3I-Atlas is only the third known interstellar object to pass our way.
Gemini South telescope captures expanding tail of interstellar comet 3I-Atlas
Observations by the Gemini South telescope in Chile reveal a growing tail on a comet that’s visiting from another star, in the most detailed pictures taken of the recently discovered 3I-Atlas. They show a wide coma of dust and gas around the ice ball as it speeds toward the sun,
Scientists capture interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS growing a tail: 'This image is both a scientific milestone and a source of wonder' (photo, video)
Astronomers have captured a stunning new image of the interstellar intruder 3I/ATLAS, seeing its growing tail and glowing coma.
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Four Telescopes Confirm There's Something Deeply Strange About the Mysterious Object Headed Into the Solar System

Astronomers simply can't shake the feeling that there's something really off about interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. The ...
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS tail changing as it zooms through solar system

Astronomers continue to track the third-ever discovered interstellar object, comet 3I/ATLAS, as it moves through our cosmic ...

Fastest comet ever recorded comes from beyond our solar system

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has snapped images of a recently discovered interstellar visitor hurtling through our solar ...
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The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is wrapped in carbon dioxide fog, NASA space telescope reveals

Named 3I/ATLAS, the comet is only the third known interstellar object to enter our solar system, and it's the largest and ...

A Strange Object Has Entered Our Solar System—and One Scientist Says It May Be an Alien Craft

The anomalous nature of the object led astrophysicist Avi Loeb to apply a thought experiment to it, highlighting everything ...

Hubble Space Telescope takes best picture yet of the comet visiting from another solar system

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured the best picture yet of a high-speed comet visiting our solar system from another ...
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Interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS could be investigated by these spacecraft as it races past the sun: 'This could be literally a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity'

New research investigates the possibility that different spacecraft could visit Comet 3I/ATLAS, giving scientists a unique on ...
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A comet from an entirely different solar system is flying through ... - MSN

The comet is only the third known object originating outside of out solar system to pay us a visit.