51K views · 14 shares | COMET "NEOWISE:" The newly discovered “NEOWISE” comet is making a rare appearance in skies around the world. NASA says the the comet can be viewed just after sunset until mid-August, and won’t be back in the inner solar system for almost another 7,000 years. | CBS Newspath | Facebook

196K views · 10K reactions | A breathtaking early morning timelapse of Comet NEOWISE rising over the Adriatic sea @astrogyres | Aurora Borealis Observatory | Facebook

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 · 338 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