See the New Comet Nishimura Before It Disappears for More Than 400 Years
The universe is delivering a cosmic gift this week—a newly discovered comet will zip by earth to say hey before leaving our planetary neighborhood for more than 400 years. The…
How to See a Green Comet Hurtle Past Earth
Photo: Artsiom P (Shutterstock) Unless you are immortal, the next few weeks offer the only chance you’ll have to see Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3). The newly discovered chunk of ice…
How (and When) to Watch the Massive K2 Comet Pass Earth
Photo: Jim Cumming (Shutterstock) jjjj What is K2? The comet C/2017 K2 (PanSTARRS)—or “K2″ for short—was first spotted five years ago, in May 2017 by the Hubble Space Telescope, NASA…