A newly-discovered green comet is zipping by Earth and is now visible for the first time since before Galileo invented his telescope.
A newly-discovered green comet is zipping by Earth and is now visible for the first time in more than 400 years.and named after him.
Comets typically stay far away from the sun, frozen and impossible for us to see. But every once in a while, one will come in toward the sun. Your best shot at seeing this comet is Tuesday morning, when it's closest to Earth. It will be closest to the sun on Sept. 17, after which it will come around and be visible from the southern hemisphere.
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