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Press enter or click to view image in full size New images from the Nordic Optical Telescope, in the Canary Islands, Spain. The evolution of the glow around 3I/ATLAS shows a transition from an anti-tail towards the Sun to a tail away from the Sun. The brightest pixel is marked by a red dot. Sunward is West and distance from …

Recent observations by astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory have confirmed the presence of a rare and almost unheard of “anti-tail” or “anti-solar tail” on interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. As someone who follows science news, you are probably aware by now of our third interstellar visitor (that we know of), known as 3I/ATLAS. On June 1, the object was found hurtling …