The ESA's JUICE probe has for the first time photographed interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS in an active state, revealing a glowing coma and possible dual tails — a breakthrough that could shed light on the nature of this visitor from another star system.

As mysterious interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS screams through our solar system, astronomers are racing to get a closer look. Last month, the European Space Agency used five of the science instruments attached to its Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (JUICE) to get ...