"We don't have any evidence for the gas coma changing colors," Qicheng Zhang, a postdoctoral fellow at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona and one of the authors of the study, told Space.com by email.

Meanwhile, fresh images after it emerged from the Sun's glare show a lack of tail once again, which Avi Loeb has flagged as an anomaly.

Three Chinese astronauts were stranded in orbit at Tiangong space station after space debris hit their return capsule, China's spaceflight agency said.

This is the first time a Chinese return mission has been disrupted by debris THREE Chinese astronauts stuck in orbit after being hit with fragments of space debris may be forced to deploy “plan B” to ...

“The Shenzhou-20 crewed spacecraft is suspected to have been struck by a small piece of orbital debris, and assessment of the impact and associated risks is currently under way.