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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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David Unyime Nkanta

New Observations Show 3I/ATLAS's Anti-Tail Changes Direction as It Approaches Perigee

3I/ATLAS (Credit: ESO/O. Hainaut/Wikimedia Commons)

Astronomers tracking the interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS have detected a fresh and unexpected shift in the direction of its rare anti-tail, intensifying debate over how the object is behaving as it approaches its closest point to Earth.

Observations from both professional and amateur observatories suggest the dust structure pointing towards the Sun has altered orientation in a way that challenges conventional comet physics.

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