Astronomers race to study interstellar interloper, comet 3I/ATLAS

The comet's hyperbolic orbit will bring it just inside the orbit of Mars at perihelion, later this October. On the other side of the Sun, unfortunately. Fortunately, NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter may be watching it.

It's thought that the new Vera C. Rubin Observatory will be spotting lots more of these puppies.