A mysterious interstellar object will be visible for a couple more nights before it gets too close to the sun to observe, according to NASA .

Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever detected, will be visible from ground-based telescopes through the end of September, NASA said. It will reach its closest approach to the sun around Oct. 30 - just inside the orbit of Mars. By early December, it will re-emerge on the other side of the sun and again be visible.

The comet poses no threat to Earth and will remain at a distance of at least 150 million miles, according to NASA.

3I/ATLAS was first discovered on July 1 by the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) survey telescope in Rio Hurtado, Chile. ATLAS reported a comet that originated from interste

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