NASA and India’s space agency, ISRO, have successfully observed the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS using their 1.2-metre Mount Abu telescope, offering fresh insights into this swift and mysterious visitor from deep space.

On November 19, ISRO released its own ground-based images from Mount Abu in India, while NASA published a collection of data gathered from several spacecraft and observatories, including close-up views from Mars orbit. The collaboration marks a significant step forward in the global effort to study one of only three known interstellar objects.

NASA’s Multi-Lens View from Mars and Beyond

Earlier this autumn, three NASA spacecraft pointed their instruments towards Mars as 3I/ATLAS approached. When the comet was just 19 million miles (30 million km) away, the Mars Reconnaiss

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