Just when astronomers thought they were getting a handle on 3I/ATLAS, the enigmatic interstellar visitor has stunned scientists once again. After baffling researchers by appearing to lose its tail entirely after its pass near the Sun, the comet is putting on a new, dramatic display.
A stunning new image has revealed its once-vanished interstellar tail has not just reappeared; it has roared back to life, now longer, brighter, and more structured than ever before. This latest twist in the story of our rare interstellar traveller comes from new observations captured by the Virtual Telescope Project.
