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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS's tail is still growing, new image shows

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A stunning new image of interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1 ATLAS) reveals that the cosmic visitor's ion tail has grown dramatically longer and more structured — a sign of intensifying activity as it continues its journey through the inner solar system.

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The 3I/ATLAS interstellar comet (C/2025 N1 ATLAS) continues to surprise astronomers. A recent image captured by The Virtual Telescope Project reveals that its ionic tail has grown remarkably, a sign that its activity increases as it advances through the inner solar system.

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A spectacular new image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has been released: the ion plume is longer, brighter and more detailed than ever before.

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Astrophysicist Avi Loeb, former director of the Department of Astronomy at Harvard University, released new images of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS captured on November 11, which show details never before seen of the mysterious comet.Unpublished images of comet 3I Atlas The photographs, obtained with the Nordic Optical Telescope located in La Palma, Canary Islands, were taken by astronomers David Jewitt and Jane Luu.In them, a remarkable anti…

The most recent observations of 3I/ATLAS, presented by Avi Loeb in his article, describe an object that continues to behave as a unique and stable body after its perihelion, showing an anti-cola oriented towards the Sun and an activity that poses important challenges for traditional comet models. The images obtained days later [...]

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Space broke the news in United States on Wednesday, November 12, 2025.
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