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

21K views · 121 reactions | It won’t return for nearly 7,000 years, and comet Neowise passes closest to Earth today. It’ll now gradually fade, but you can still catch it in the skies above the North West! Here’s Owain with more ☄️☄️ | BBC Manchester | Facebook