Comet whizzing by Earth for 1st time in 6,800 years visible to naked eye
Stargazers have the opportunity to spot a rare object in the sky this month as a newly discovered comet flies through the inner solar system for the first time in 6,800 years. Comet NEOWISE has been getting brighter and brighter in the early morning sky, and in the coming days, it will make an appearance in the evening after sunset. Advertisement "Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) -- discovered back in March by NASA's NEOWISE mission -- is getting the attention of sky watchers across the Northern Hemisphere this month," NASA said. Earlier in 2020, two other newly discovered comets, Comet SWAN and Comet ATLAS, were showing promising signs of eventually becoming bright enough to see with the unaided eye, but both eventually fizzled. The third time was the charm when Comet NEOWISE was discovered as ...
