Gianluca Masi from the Virtual Telescope Project captured imagery of comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) on Jan. 29. 2023. The comet's closest approach to Earth will be on Feb. 2, 2023 at 26.4 million miles (42.5 million km) away. Credit: Gianluca Masi / Virtual Telescope Project | edited by Space.com's [Steve Spaleta](https://twitter.com/stevespaleta)