Comet #neowise peacefully drifts over a mountain in Oregon before fading with the morning light. | Andrew Studer

If you get a chance tonight, look up at the night sky to see Neowise, the brightest comet to grace the Northern Hemisphere in decades. The comet is expected to make its closest approach tonight, passing at a distance of 64 million miles. You can spot Neowise after sunset, below the Big Dipper in the northwest sky. If you don't catch Neowise this time around, you won’t get another chance—it will be approximately 6,800 years before the comet returns to the inner parts of the Milky Way. Here are so

18K views · 420 reactions | Star gazers were treated to the sight of comet Neowise as it lit up the skies in France. | Reuters | Facebook

145K views · 336 shares | Since December 2013, after a period of hibernation, our Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NeoWise) mission has completely scanned the skies and observed and characterized 29,375 objects, including 27,000 asteroids (gray), 788 near-Earth objects (green) and 136 comets (yellow): https://go.nasa.gov/2r58Gtq | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook

Have you spotted Comet Neowise? ☄️ Don't worry if you've missed it, it'll be visible throughout July https://bbc.in/38RZihx | BBC Manchester