NASA is set to release the much-anticipated images of the Manhattan-sized interstellar object 3I/ATLAS within days, an agency source told The Post.

The snaps of the mysterious object were taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s HiRISE camera as it passed by the Red Planet from Oct.1 to Oct. 7 were not released because of the government shutdown, which ended late Wednesday.

The source said the release of the snaps — expected to be the highest resolution of any image of 3I/ATLAS yet — come come as early as next week.

New images of 3I/ATLAS released earlier this week in the Astronomer’s Telegram showed. David Jewitt / Jane Luu / The Astronomer's Telegram

Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb, who has conjectured that the object could potentially be an alien spaceship, panned the long-delaye

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