The recently discovered green comet Nishimura survived its closest pass to the sun, which is good for the comet but bad for us: It means soon we won’t be able to see it.
The window to spot it is closing, so you’ll need to be quick to catch a last glimpse.
The green comet was first spotted on August 12 by amateur astronomer Hideo Nishimura.
Since then, astronomers around the world have been having a whale of time capturing its distinct photogenic green color and long thin tail.
However, the comet takes 437 years to do a lap around the solar system, and since it has already passed its closest approach to the Sun, it is now on its way to the outer reaches of our Solar System, and the window to spots it is rapidly closing.
Comets have huge tails that can stretch for millions of miles but their nucleus is a solid dirty snowball of ice and dust.
This means they brighten as they get closer to the
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