Gemini South telescope captures expanding tail of interstellar comet 3I-Atlas

3I-Atlas is 384 million kilometres from Earth. PIC courtesy/NoirLab

Observations by the Gemini South telescope in Chile reveal a growing tail on a comet that's visiting from another star, in the most detailed pictures taken of the recently discovered 3I-Atlas.

They show a wide coma of dust and gas around the ice ball as it speeds toward the sun, and also a tail that's more extended than it was in previous shots. The new images confirm that the comet is becoming more active.

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