Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Exhibits Color Changes and Non-Gravitational Acceleration
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Astronomers studying interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS have observed it changing color, brightening significantly, and showing signs of non-gravitational acceleration as it approached perihelion, indicating unusual cometary behavior and mass loss, with many aspects still to be understood.
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