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Watch a Green Comet Streak Across the Sky for Christmas

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Comet Lovejoy
Comet Lovejoy

Andrew Fazekas for National Geographic
PUBLISHED DECEMBER 24, 2014

Watch a Green Comet Streak Across the Sky for Christmas
Comet Lovejoy is brightening faster than expected, putting on a show you can see for yourself this holiday season.

Just in time for the holidays, the skies are serving up a special cosmic gift: a brightening comet that may not have been in our part of the solar system for nearly 12,000 years. Continue reading