The interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is continuing to surprise scientists, this time by brightening at an unexpectedly rapid pace as it made its closest approach to the sun. Experts studying the object don’t yet know why that happened. 3I/ATLAS is only the third object known to have entered our solar system from another planetary system — after the cigar-shaped space-rock …
Read More »Interstellar invader Comet 3I/ATLAS is still full of surprises — an unexpected brightening has scientists baffled
