3I/ATLAS is ready for its close-up.

After much anticipation, NASA will release images of Manhattan-sized comet 3I/ATLAS — including the much-awaited HiRISE snaps — as it streaks through our solar system.

Harvard scientist Avi Loeb believes the images could potentially shed light on their artificial origins. “It would be interesting to know if there was any evidence for new objects that either accompanied 3I/ATLAS or came from it towards Mars,” the astrophysicist told The Post in an email. “They could imply an iceberg that breaks up or a mothership [that] releases mini-probes.”

The eye-opening photos, which were taken “during a number of the agency’s missions,” will be unveiled on Wednesday, November 19, at 3 p.m. EST at “NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland,” the sp

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