Comet creates brilliant fireworks in the sky on New Year's Eve

A comet will fly past Earth on December 31, lighting up the night sky with a dazzling display of natural fireworks as the world welcomes the new year.

Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková will light up like fireworks in the Earth's sky on New Year's Eve. Photo: NASA.

Comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková will pass right next to the crescent moon on the night of December 31 and will be visible with binoculars, Good Magazine reported. The comet passes through the inner solar system every five years and has a brilliant blue and green head. It will start to become visible on the western horizon on December 15.

"On New Year's Eve, a comet and a crescent moon will appear in tandem to say goodbye to 2016," said NASA.

December also marks several important astronomical events such as the Ursid and Geminid meteor showers along with a large supermoon.

According to VNE