NASA releases new images of interstellar comet 3IATLASbr br NASA released close-up images of interstellar comet 3IAtlas, only the third known visitor from another star, after it passed near Mars. The closest the comet will come to Earth is 269 million kilometres in mid-December. Then it will hightail it back into interstellar space, never to return.br br READ MORE : br Subscribe to our channel.