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A comet currently hurtling through Earth's inner solar system is much larger than scientists had previously estimated, with the latest observations indicating that the space object weighs more than 33 billion tons. And with the comet recently passing close to Mars, spacecrafts have been able to picture it. ‌

Scientists have reassured that the object, named 3I/ATLAS , is not headed for Earth, but that the space object, likely made of carbon dioxide with water and ice in its solid core, came within 1.67 million miles of Mars' orbit earlier this week. The European Space Agency (ESA) observed the huge comet between October 1 and October 7. ‌

ESA watched the comet through its ExoMars and Mars Express spacecrafts, which used their dedicated cameras to watch i

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