That’s because solar wind and radiation push gas and dust out of the comet’s nucleus, creating two tails: 🔹 Ion tail (blue, straight, plasma) 🔹 Dust tail (curved, white/yellow)
Comets are like cosmic time capsules — leftovers from the birth of our solar system 4.6 billion years ago. coomets
#Comets #SpaceFacts #Astronomy #Stargazing That’s because solar wind and radiation push gas
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