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Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS’s Tail Appears To Have Changed Direction, Nordic Optical Telescope Finds

Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS’s Tail Appears To Have Changed Direction, Nordic Optical Telescope Finds

New observations from the Nordic Optical Telescope, in the Canary Islands, Spain, suggest that 3I/ATLAS’s unusual anti-solar tail has changed direction, becoming dominated by a tail that faces away from the Sun. On July 1, astronomers at the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) spotted an object speeding through the Solar System on an escape trajectory. It was soon found …

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The Long Tail of the AWS Outage

The Long Tail of the AWS Outage

A sprawling Amazon Web Services cloud outage that began early Monday morning illustrated the fragile interdependencies of the internet as major communication, financial, health care, education, and government platforms around the world suffered disruptions. As the day wore on, AWS diagnosed and began working to correct the issue, which stemmed from the company’s critical US-EAST-1 region based in northern Virginia. …

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The Anti-tail of 3I/ATLAS Turned to a Tail! | by Avi Loeb | Oct, 2025

The Anti-tail of 3I/ATLAS Turned to a Tail! | by Avi Loeb | Oct, 2025

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 …

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United Airlines plane clips tail of aircraft at Chicago’s O’Hare

United Airlines plane clips tail of aircraft at Chicago’s O’Hare

CHICAGO (AP) — A United Airlines plane heading for its gate clipped the tail of another United aircraft at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, authorities said. No one was hurt in Friday’s incident and the 113 passengers on Flight 2652 from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, were able to leave the plane normally after a delay, United officials said in a statement. The second …

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United plane clips tail of another aircraft at Chicago’s O’Hare airport | United Airlines

United plane clips tail of another aircraft at Chicago’s O’Hare airport | United Airlines

A United Airlines plane heading for its gate clipped the tail of another United aircraft at Chicago’s O’Hare airport, authorities said. No one was hurt in Friday’s incident, and the 113 passengers on flight 2652 from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, were able to leave the plane normally after a delay, United officials said in a statement. Runway collisions like these could …

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Comet Lemmon’s ghostly tail haunts the skies above England (photo)

Comet Lemmon’s ghostly tail haunts the skies above England (photo)

Award-winning astrophotographer Josh Dury has captured a stunning view of Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) shining in the sky over Somerset in the U.K. ahead of its close approach to Earth on Oct. 21. Dury revealed Comet Lemmon‘s bright green coma and long diffuse tail streaking through the eventing sky in exquisite detail as day gave way to night above the …

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Solar wind tears a chunk from Comet Lemmon’s tail in incredible new astrophotography images

Solar wind tears a chunk from Comet Lemmon’s tail in incredible new astrophotography images

Comet Lemmon’s nucleus and tail pictured against the distant starfield beyond. (Image credit: Brennan Gilmore) Astrophotographer Brennan Gilmore has captured spectacular views of the solar wind stripping a vast section from C/2025 A6 (Lemmon)’s tail, as the icy wanderer continues to brighten ahead of its close approach to Earth on Oct. 21. Top Camera Pick: Nikon Z9 (Image credit: Andy …

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