A comet entering the inner solar system from afar will?

Answer 1

Comets have been compared to "dirty snowballs"; rocks and dust held together by various types of ice. In deep space, everything cools down because the Sun is so far away, and several elements that we think of as "gasses" are frozen solid in comets.

As the comet approaches the Sun, the Sun's heat begins to melt some of the surface layers into gas, and the sunlight hitting the gas is reflected back to Earth as the "tail" of the comet. Some comets have been known to explode, as the heat of the sun melts a large ice pocket into vapor and breaks off pieces of the comet's core.

Answer 2

A comet entering the inner solar system from afar will begin to heat up and develop a glowing coma and tail due to the Sun's radiation. It may also experience outgassing as its volatile substances vaporize, creating a brighter and more visible tail as it approaches the Sun. The comet's trajectory can be influenced by the Sun's gravitational pull, potentially causing it to change direction or break apart.