The tail of the comet, which is visited by another star, grows, and shows a new telescope image

A new, growing tail image shows A guilty of another star system Wandering through our solar system.

image Comet 3i/Atlas He was arrested on August 27 using a telescope at the International Gemini Observatory in Chile during a public awareness event that allows students to work with astronomers.

The comet is only among the third stars known to pass it through our solar system. NASA said this does not pose any threat to the land.

Come 3i/Atlas has been photographed several times since it was discovered in July. In early August, NASA and the European Space Agency were issued Pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. It was about 277 million miles from the ground when the telescope was seized.

The new image of the GEMINI Observatory shows the broad comet, or a cloud of dust and gas that is formed around its nucleus as it approaches the sun, Astronomers said in a press statement. The tail extends about 1/200 degree in the sky. One degree revolves around the width of the pinky finger, according to the press statement. The tail also indicates the sun.

These features are “much more than their extension than they appeared in the previous photos”, according to astronomers. This means that the comet has become “more active” because it travels through the inner solar system.

The main purpose of the observatory session, which allowed students and members of the public to join remotely astronomers in the control room, was to look at the wavelengths of the light emitted from the comet. The press statement said that the wavelengths, also called the spectrum, can give scientists information about the composition of the comet and chemistry, which helps them to understand how the comet changes during the passage through the solar system.

NASA said previously that the comet is expected to let a close approach to the sun in late October and pass between the orbits of Mars and the Earth. The comet is expected to remain visible during the month of September, then he approaches the sun to monitor until it appears on the other side of the solar body in early December.

Astronomers said that commemors between the stars are very rare. Only two other examples have been confirmed: 1i/’oumuamu In 2017 and 2i/Borisov In 2019.

“With the return of 3i/atlas to the depths of the space between the stars, this image is a scientific teacher and a source of wonder,” Karen Mitch, astronomer at the Hawaiian University of Astronomy Institute and the leader of the monitoring program in a statement. “It reminds us that our solar system is just one part of a vast and dynamic galaxy – and that even the most passing visitors can have a permanent effect.”