A bright green comet may be visible with the naked eye starting later this month

A comet marked by its bright green nucleus and long faint ion tail will be visible in the sky later this month, potentially for the first time in thousands of years.

If C/2022 E3 had passed through the solar system before, it would not have been seen in the sky for 10,000 years.

There are clumps of rock and dust called comets. A glowing core and flame-like tail that can stretch on for millions of miles can be formed when they approach the sun and heat up.

The Zwicky Transient Facility on Palomar Mountain in California was the site of the initial spotting of the brightening eruption. The comet was in Jupiter's sphere of influence.

The comet is expected to come close to the sun in January. The comet is going to draw closest to Earth on February 1st.

According to a recent explainer from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the current behavior of this comet is promising. It can be seen to the naked eye in dark night skies. Observers with telescopes have a better chance of seeing something.

The comet can be seen in the morning sky in the Northern Hemisphere. The comet is expected to be visible in the Southern Hemisphere.

It's not clear where it will go after it appeared in the skies.

Scientists have only recently begun to understand the comet's path.

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