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Comets reflect light from the sun. This is the same way you see the moon glowing. When a comet's orbit nears the Sun it starts to warm up since they are usually black in colour. Water vapour sublimes from the surface of this 'dirty snowball' and forms a cloud of ice crystals known as the 'Coma'. It is this white cloud that reflects sunlight and makes it visible to us.

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