--- title: Watch Comet Siding Spring Fly By Mars on this Live Stream description: Watch a Comet Fly by Mars canonical: https://time.com/3522449/see-comet-siding-spring-mars-live-stream/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-19T16:23:11.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:21.428Z article:section: Science og:title: LIVE STREAM: See Comet Siding Spring Fly By Mars og:description: The event starts at 2:15 p.m. ET. og:url: https://time.com/3522449/see-comet-siding-spring-mars-live-stream/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ffda697aae58faa/6987618e35ba6fac0fc04869/comet-siding-spring-mars-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1280 og:image:height: 720 og:image:alt: Artist's concept of comet Siding Spring (C/2013 A1) heading toward Mars. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: LIVE STREAM: See Comet Siding Spring Fly By Mars twitter:description: The event starts at 2:15 p.m. ET. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ffda697aae58faa/6987618e35ba6fac0fc04869/comet-siding-spring-mars-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch a Giant, 4.6 Billion-Year-Old Comet Fly By Mars > Sponsored content. 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NASA  by [Nolan Feeney](https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Oct 19, 2014 4:23 PM UTC Watch highlights of Comet Siding Spring zoom past Mars and get roughly within 87,000 miles of the red planet — the closest any comet has gotten to it in a long, _long_ time. The livestream from the [Slooh Community Observatory](https://twitter.com/Slooh/status/523269720074899456/photo/1) was hosted by expert astrobiologist David Grinspoon and featured special guests. “We’re going to observe an event that happens maybe once every million years,” Jim Green, planetary science division director at NASA, [said this month](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-orbiters-rovers-poised-for-mars-comet-flyby/) at a press conference. “This is an absolutely spectacular event.” Siding Spring is estimated to be 4.6 billion years old with a core somewhere between half a mile and 5 miles wide. Looking the comet’s close brush with Mars could teach scientists a lot about the planet’s atmosphere, [writes Mike Wall at Space.com](http://www.space.com/27467-comet-siding-spring-mars-flyby-science.html). Studying the comet could also provide insight into how planets are formed: Siding Spring is believed to have been created in an area of our solar system between Jupiter and Neptune, but unlike most objects in that part of space at the time, it never was incorporated into a planet. ### PHOTOS: 20 Breathtaking Images of Earth From Space  Aleppo, Syria, May 26, 2013 – The Citadel of Aleppo – medieval fortified palace DigitalGlobe—Getty Images  Belfast, Northern Ireland, Nov. 3, 2013 – “Wish,” a large-scale art work DigitalGlobe—Getty Images  Utah, USA, April 22, 2013 – Colorado River DigitalGlobe—Getty Images  Cuanza River, Angola, April 28, 2013 – Cambambe Dam DigitalGlobe—Getty Images  Doha, Qatar, March 4, 2013 – Artificial island spanning nearly four million sq meters. 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