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Rare comet will be visible from Earth for first time since upper paleolithic period

By Julia Johnson
Published January 7, 2023 9:00am ET
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Rare comet will be visible from Earth for first time since upper paleolithic period
A comet that likely hasn’t approached the Earth since the upper paleolithic period is set to be visible in January. The comet, known as C/2022 E3 (ZTF) has a period of 50,000 years. This means it would have last approached Earth at this proximity when the planet was primarily inhabited by homo sapiens who were […]


A comet that likely hasn’t approached the Earth since the upper paleolithic period is set to be visible in January.

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