Cape Canaveral, Florida (AP) – Telescope observations are: comet It is visiting from another star.
The photographs taken by Chile’s Gemini Southeres Scope late last month, released Thursday, are the most detailed of the comets recently discovered. They show wide coma of dust and gas around ice balls and a tail that is extended more than it was as it was as it was Previous shot.
These new images confirm that comets are becoming more active as they cultivate harmlessly through our solar system, according to NoArab, the National Science Foundation, which operates telescopes. It is the third known interstellar object that follows our path.
As of Thursday, the comet known as 3-Atlas is 238 million miles (384 million kilometers) from Earth, growing unprecedentedly, according to NASA. At the end of October, it takes the closest approach to the sun, passing the closest to Earth in December from 167 million miles (269 million kilometers).
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This story was first released on September 4th, 2025. Updated on September 5th, 2025, the names of the institutions operating the telescope have been revised. It is the National Science Foundation, not the National Space Foundation.
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