You have a chance to see a rare post-Stone Age green comet this week

A rare green comet is going to pass near the Earth for the first time since the Stone Age. It will pass by Mars this week and can be seen even through an ordinary telescope. This comet is being called C/2022 E3. It will look like a faint, fan-shaped spot passing between the orbits of Earth and Mars.

According to EarthSky.org, it will be visible on the evening of Friday (February 10) and Saturday (February 11). This will be the last chance to see it from Earth as it will then move away at a speed of about 128,000 miles per hour and take about 50,000 years to revolve around the Sun. This type of comet has two tails. One of these is made of dust and the other of gas. This green comet was discovered in March last year by astronomers at the Zwicky Transient Facility in California, USA. As it passes close to Mars, people in the Northern Hemisphere should face west after the sun sets to see it. It can be seen with an ordinary telescope or, if it is very light, a small telescope.

LiveScience’s Report It has been told that if this comet is not visible then you should focus on its location through skywatching websites or stargazing apps. If you live in the Southern Hemisphere and can’t find its location, you can still watch it from the Virtual Telescope Project’s livestream. It starts on February 11th at 6pm EST.

Recently a team of astronomers has discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet. It is being called K2-415b and it is revolving around an M dwarf star. Its distance from Earth is only 72 light years. According to a report published in the Astronomical Journal, this discovery has been made by an international team of astronomers led by Teruyuki Hirano of the Astrobiology Center in Japan. Hirano said, “Some of the small planets around the M dwarf are important for the search for rocky planets and any planet with habitable conditions. This planet is about the same size as Earth. It will be an interesting target for further findings. ” Astronomers discovered this planet while analyzing data from the Kepler telescope.