NASA has released mesmerising new images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, providing the best view of the uncommon visitor traveling through the inner solar system to date. In certain photos, a thin, stretched tail can be seen trailing behind the object, which looks like a bright point surrounded by a faint halo of gas and dust. NASA spacecraft stationed throughout the solar system took the images over a period of weeks, but the federal government shutdown caused a delay in their publication.

After 'Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019, the comet was only the third confirmed interstellar traveler to visit our solar system when it was originally discovered in July. Because it has been visible at a closer distance than earlier interstellar objects, its passage has generated a great dea

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