A rare green comet, which has been streaking across the night sky as it approaches Earth for the first time since the Stone Age, briefly grew a bizarre third tail. This "anti-tail" appeared to ...

A3 though is seemingly led by a “physics-defying” anti-tail, Nasa noted last year. The rare phenomenon is caused by the Earth moving through the comet’s orbital plane, the American space ...

2024 when the comet was displaying an impressive level of brightness and details, as well as a cool 'anti-tail.' In this photo, it also seems that the comet's ion tail is also visible alongside ...

In addition to showing the usually bright tail, enhanced versions of the photos revealed the comet had a fainter streak of light, known as an "anti-tail," coming off its body in the opposite ...

The "comet of the century" Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has been delighting stargazers after reaching its closest point to Earth in more than 80,000 years over the weekend. The brightest ...

Some observers witnessed an even more rare sight than a naked-eye comet alone – Comet A3’s anti-tail. The anti-tail of a comet is a unique, short-lived tail that actually points toward the Sun, unlike ...

The European Space Agency shared a video on Tuesday from its sun-watching SOHO spacecraft that shows Comet A3 looking like a glowing streak of light. You can even see an unusual "anti-tail ...

Some people have seen Comet A3 with an anti-tail in front, much like the one seen in this 2023 image of Comet C2022 E3 (ZTF). © Kết Nối Việt Nam via Flickr Don ...

The phenomenon, known as an anti-tail, is an optical illusion caused by the Earth's position in the comet's orbital plane. We may earn a commission when you buy through links on our sites.

2024 as the comet was displaying an 'anti-tail.' Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal, who creates spectacular images of the night ...