SOLAR SYSTEM

Detailed explanation-1: -Comet tails get longer as a comet approaches the sun and can end up millions of miles long (opens in new tab). The dust tail is formed when solar wind pushes small particles in the coma into an elongated curved path. Whereas the ion tail is formed from electrically charged molecules of gas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Intense heat vaporizes the frozen gases and releases the dust within, which streams behind the comet, forming two distinct tails: an ion tail carried by the solar wind-the constant flow of charged particles from the Sun-and a dust tail.

Detailed explanation-3: -Comets are large objects made of dust and ice that orbit the Sun. Best known for their long, streaming tails, these ancient objects are leftovers from the formation of the solar system 4.6 billion years ago.

Detailed explanation-4: -The pressure of sunlight and high-speed solar particles (solar wind) can blow the coma dust and gas away from the Sun, sometimes forming a long, bright tail. Comets actually have two tails―a dust tail and an ion (gas) tail.

Detailed explanation-5: -Generally, a comet has two tails; the blue plasma tail and the red dust tail (or Type 1 (ion) tail and Type 2 (dust) tail). The plasma tail is caused by an interaction between the solar wind and the cometary plasma, while the dust tail is by the solar radiation pressure to the cometary dust.