The comet NEOWISE—full name C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)—was discovered on March 27 by astronomers analyzing data from the comet's namesake, the Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer mission.

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NATIONAL (KRQE) – A newly discovered comet is streaking past Earth. Comet Neowise was spotted by the NASA space telescope in March. NASA says the comet will be visible across the Northern Hemisphere ...

TWIN FALLS — Twenty-three years after the spectacular Comet Hale-Bopp, the wait is over for a good naked-eye comet. Comet NEOWISE, discovered on March 27 by a space telescope tasked with finding ...

The NEOWISE comet was captured again on Monday, with this breathtaking image showing the celestial object flying over Manstone Rock in Shropshire, England. Andrew Fusek Peters took the images after ...

Three years ago this month, Comet NEOWISE lit up the northern sky at dawn and dusk. We look ahead at what other bright comets might be in our future. An astronaut on the International Space Station ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Skywatchers the world over are buzzing about Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE), the first easily-visible ...