Comets create brilliant fireworks in New Year's Eve sky

A comet will fly across Earth on December 31, lighting up the night sky with brilliant natural fireworks as the world welcomes the new year.

Comet 45P / Honda-Mrkos-Pajduáková will be as bright as fireworks in the sky on Earth's Eve.(Photo: NASA).

Comets named 45P / Honda-Mrkos-Pajdušáková will fly right next to the crescent moon on the night of December 31 and can be observed with binoculars, Good Magazine reported. Every five years, this comet flies over the rim of the solar system and has brilliant blue and green heads. It began to become clear on the western horizon from December 15.

"On New Year's Eve, comets and crescent moons will appear parallel to say goodbye to 2016," the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) said.

December also highlighted many important astronomical events such as the meteor shower Ursid and Geminid with the big super moon.