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

This 11,000-year-old pillar might record a comet impact; could ancient art be a form of sky map? #ancienthistory #archaeology #historyfacts | Legacy of the Ancients

21K views · 158 reactions | In 2019, a mysterious comet named 2I/Borisov whizzed by Earth. At first glance it seemed to be rather ordinary, but new research has revealed signs that it's far from an average comet. | Seeker by The Verge | Facebook