NASA released a trove of never-before-seen images of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, unveiling new characteristics of the fascinating object.

WASHINGTON >> NASA released fresh images today of the interstellar object called 3I/ATLAS that astronomers have determined is a comet likely older than our solar system, as U.S. space agency officials dismissed speculation that it is an alien spacecraft.

Theoretical physicist Avi Loeb has hit back at NASA after the space agency claimed interstellar object 3I/ATLAS is a comet, insisting it could be an alien mothership on a reconnaissance mission