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Perseverance rover photographs interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS from Mars — a first in planetary imaging
On the night of October 4, 2025, NASA’s Perseverance rover tilted its cameras away from the rocks of Jezero Crater and toward the Martian sky. The target was Comet 3I/ATLAS, a chunk of ice and dust born around a distant star,
The interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was the third object ever discovered in our solar system that originated from another star system. Despite a viral conspiracy theory, NASA officials have repeatedly stated that 3I/ATLAS is a comet and not an alien spaceship.