This comet could be part of the Kreutz family and is expected to flare dramatically as it sweeps past the Sun.
Comet 3I/ATLAS has arrived in the inner solar system behaving as if the usual rules of comet physics were optional. Instead ...
The unusual behaviour of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has reignited online debate, but astronomers say the gaps in public explanation reflect scientific caution, not evidence of alien technology.
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope reobserved interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on 30 November with its Wide Field Camera 3 instrument. At the time, the comet was about 286 million kilometers from Earth.
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