Astronomers continue to track the third-ever discovered interstellar object, comet 3I/ATLAS, using powerful telescopes and spacecraft as it moves through our cosmic neighborhood.

Just last week, the Gemini South telescope in Chile captured new images showing a growing tail on the comet and providing new details of its color and composition.

Comet 3I/ATLAS was first spotted on July 1 by the NASA -funded Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), also in Chile. Only two previous interstellar objects have been tracked and documented through our solar system, Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019.

WORLD'S LARGEST DIGITAL CAMERA LIKELY TO DISCOVER INTERSTELLAR OBJECTS, MILLIONS OF ASTEROIDS

The U.S. has other facilities in Chile also tracking the comet, including the brand-new

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