Mars spacecraft observed this interstellar comet — and no, it's not an alien spaceship

Mars spacecraft observed this interstellar comet — and no, it's not an alien spaceship
A black space background with white streaks and a single fuzzy white dot. The streaks are stars and the dot is comet 3I/ATLAS.

An alien comet passing through our solar system made its closest approach to Mars recently, and two European robotic spacecraft orbiting the red planet turned to take a look.