Stargazers will be able to catch a glimpse of a spectacular comet in the night sky this month.
Visible from the UK, Comet Neowise is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye and has already been spotted over places such as Norfolk.
NASA describes comets as 'cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit the Sun', which create a dazzling gas and dust cloud that tails behind them
This particular comet was discovered in March and reached its perihelion - the closest point in its orbit to the sun - on July 3, Manchester Evening News reports.
The comet will make its closest approach to Earth on July 23, passing the planet at a distance of 103 million km.
According to the BBC's Sky at Night magazine, the best time to keep an eye out for Comet Neowise will be on or after July 7 when it will be visible in the morning and evening.
It is currently moving slowly westwards through the constellation of Auriga, where it can be seen to the lower left of the bright star Capella.
Its path will take it into the constellation of Lynx by mid-July, when it will be visible all through the night but remaining low in the sky in the north.
It will move into Ursa Major on July 17 before passing beneath the stars of the Big Dipper towards the end of the month, and into Coma Berenices.
However, astronomers have warned it will be challenging to see due to its low altitude and the long daylight hours of summer.
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