09-11-2025 14:16 via metro.co.uk

Our ‘alien’ comet 3I/ATLAS has been caught doing some really weird things

The object was first spotted by us Earth-dwellers in July (Picture: International Gemini Observatory/Qicheng Zhang/Lowell Observatory)Our solar system’s interstellar visitor – 3I/ATLAS – apparently has ‘jet thrusters’, a scientist has suggested.
The comet is the third time an object not from our star system has wound up in our celestial neighbourhood, which happens from time to time.For the most part, 3I/ATLAS has behaved like your standard, run-of-the-mill comet &
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