'New Year's Eve Comet' and More: Three Flybys Will Kick Off 2017 New Year

Wednesday (Dec. 28), NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory tweeted a video about Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková, which has been growing more prominent in the sky since Dec. 15. On New Year's Eve, the comet will be visible through a telescope or binoculars near the crescent moon, sporting a blueish-green head and thin, fan-shaped tail, NASA researchers said. But there will likely be two more comets (or a comet and an asteroid) in store for skywatchers in early 2017, NASA said.