Time-lapse video shows interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS as it travels across night sky

Scientists have issued a breathtaking new update on the mysterious 'interstellar object' racing through the solar system. This visitor from another solar system, named 3I/ATLAS, is currently rushing towards the sun at 137,000 miles per hour (221,000 km/h). Now, scientists at the Gemini South Observatory in Chile have captured the clearest images of 3I/ATLAS yet. And the images reveal one feature which could finally put an end to speculation about whether the object is an alien spacecraft. The images, taken on August 27 when the object was about 240 million miles (380 million km) from Earth, are some of the first multi-coloured images of 3I/ATLAS. They reveal a dense icy nucleus surrounded by a broad halo of gas and dust known as a coma.