Friday, July 18, 2025

Gemini North Sees Brightening Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS in Detail

Comet 3I/ATLAS crosses a packed star field, as seen using Gemini North's GMOS-N spectrograph. Credit: NOIRLab/AURA/Gemini North/IfA University of Hawaii.

We’re getting better views of interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS, as it makes its speedy passage through the inner solar system. This week, astronomers at the Gemini North observatory located on Mauna Kea in Hawai’i turned the facility’s enormous 8.1-meter telescope on the object, with amazing results.



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