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Both of the comet tails are pushed away by the light and solar wind that is always streaming out of the Sun. This means the tails always point away from the Sun. The dust tail may curve a bit, but the plasma tail points directly away, so that the two tails may seem to form a "V".

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What happens when comets near the sun?

A comet's tail lengthens as it approaches the sun due to greater solar winds. A comets tail always faces away from the sun.


Where does a comets tail extend?

A comet's tail will always extend away from the Sun, even when going away from the Sun.


Comets tail always point toward the sun?

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Why a comets tail always points away from the Sun.?

Does it? 2nd Answer: Of course comets tails point away from the Sun!!! The "tail" is made of varying sizes of ice particles and chunks. The solar wind (a faint outstreaming of solar material) pushes comets' tails out, away from the sun.


Why do comets tail always stream away from the sun?

Comet tails always stream away from the sun due to the solar wind, which is a stream of charged particles emitted by the sun. The solar wind pushes against the gas and dust particles in the comet's coma (a cloud of gas and dust surrounding the nucleus) and causes them to form a tail that points away from the sun.


What direction does a comets tail always points?

Away from the Sun. The tails is caused by the solar wind.


Why do the tails of comets always face the sun?

Or "face away," maybe? A comet's tail always points away from the Sun, because it is blown that direction by ions streaming out from the Sun (solar winds). So, whenever a comet is moving away from the Sun, its tail will stream ahead of it.


This has a tail when it is near to the sun?

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What is a comets tail caused by?

A comet's tail is caused by the solar wind, a stream of charged particles emitted by the Sun. As the solar wind interacts with the comet's nucleus, it ionizes molecules in the coma (the comet's atmosphere) and causes them to be pushed away from the Sun, forming the tail that points away from the Sun due to pressure from the solar wind.


Is the tail of Halley's comet is always opposite to the sun?

A comet's ion (gas) tail always points directly away from the sun. Some comets also have a dust tail (antitail) which may curve slightly away to the side of the ion tail.


A comets tail points to what?

A comet's tail points away from the Sun. This happens because the solar wind pushes the comet's gas and dust particles away from the Sun, forming a tail that always points in the opposite direction of the Sun.


A comets tail points is where?

Away from the Sun.