Nasa has released new images of 3I/ATLAS, a stray comet from another world that people either think is an alien spacecraft or a big snowball.

Comet 3I/ATLAS, earlier known as A11pI3Z, is only the third object from beyond our solar system ever spotted from Earth.

Since it was first detected in July, this interstellar object has sparked countless theories about its origin, including whether it’s extraterrestrial.

Some conspiracy theorists have pointed to how Nasa hasn’t released any new images of the comet in three months as reason enough to doubt. But this was because of a months-long US government shutdown which paralysed federal agencies like Nasa.

Speaking from the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, at 3pm local time, Nasa officials said the pictures were captured by

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