Whilst the interstellar visitor was out of view, it appears to have changed course slightly, brightened, and may have lost around 13 percent of its mass.
For those who haven't heard of 3I/ATLAS, on July 1, astronomers at the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) spotted an object zipping its way through our Solar System at high speeds. Follow-up observations showed that it was on an es... [3661 chars]