We go meta. As our interstellar guest scoots through the inner Solar System, a journalist interviews guest scientists:
www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-interplanetary-race-to-study-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas/
Meghan Bartels, Oct 31 2025 The Interplanetary Race to Study Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS
Pretty accurate. Not much hard sci, but more of a look at the practice of astronomy on a fleeting, unanticipated target. I’ll point out that Ms. Bartels does have two astronomers appear to contradict each other, with no further context or clarification. I understand the nuance here, but many lay readers may not.