Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is still the talk of the town, and we might finally get a flurry of new images and data. This extraordinary celestial body, the third known interstellar object, has been monitored since its discovery on July 1. NASA has several telescopes and missions that have looked at 3I/ATLAS, and is at long last sharing the images that have been taken over the last few months. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The reason for the delay has been the US government shutdown, which lasted 43 days – the longest in US history . NASA and other federal agencies were shut down except for essential personnel, which meant the analysis of exciting new data was not happening. NASA will host a press conference on Wed

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