green comet streaking across starry night sky with long white tail
Comet ZTF, as photographed on January 18, 2023.
  • A green comet and Mars will appear side-by-side in the night sky on February 10 and 11.
  • It's a good opportunity to spot the comet in the early evening, maybe with nothing but binoculars.
  • Here's what you need to know to see the colorful cosmic couple.

A green comet shooting past Earth for the first time since the Ice Age is about to skim right past Mars in the night sky.