NASA has a photo dump of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. It made news in July when it was confirmed to have originated outside Earth's solar system.

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The comet's disintegration is likely the consequence of the sun's powerful gravitational pull, which has caused it to splinter into three brighter fragments, photographer Michael Jäger told spaceweather.com.