Thursday 25 December 2014

Watch a Green Comet Streak Across the Sky for Christmas

Watch a Green Comet Streak Across the Sky for Christmas


Discovered only this past August, comet Lovejoy (C/2014 Q2) is now quickly brightening to naked-eye visibility as it moves from the deep southern sky into prime viewing location for observers throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The comet is already putting on a Christmas show, glowing green thanks to molecules that glow when hit by the sun's solar wind.

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