The space community is buzzing after NASA released fresh, close-up images of the rare and wildly viral interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, giving us an unprecedented look at an object that originated far beyond our solar system.

Ever since the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS—the third of its kind ever discovered—was first spotted back in July, astronomers around the world have avidly tracked it, watching it transform from an ice...

Perseverance used Mastcam-Z to image it on Oct 4.