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A comet's tail forms when sunlight heats its ice into gas and dust that the solar wind and radiation push away from the Sun.

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Is it true that a comet's tail forms when sunlight heats its ice into gas and dust that the solar wind and radiation push away from the Sun?

Yes. Reference and outreach sources state that when a comet nears the Sun, solar heating vaporizes its ices, releasing gas and dust, and that solar wind and radiation pressure push this material into a tail pointing away from the Sun.

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Comet tail - Wikipedia
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Comet tail - Wikipedia. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_tail

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Comets
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Comets. (n.d.). science.nasa.gov. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/

Comet dust tails as a tracer for the solar wind.
2026
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Hanlon, J. & Jones, G. (2026). Comet dust tails as a tracer for the solar wind.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2026-546

Neowise's metamorphosis, by Tomáš Slovinský and Petr Horálek, Slovakia
2021
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Tomáš, S., Petr, H., & OAE, I. (2021). Neowise's metamorphosis, by Tomáš Slovinský and Petr Horálek, Slovakia. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5290117

Comet C/2020F3 (Neowise) with separate dust and ion gas tails and a green glowing coma, by Dietmar Gutermuth, Germany
2021
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Dietmar, G. & OAE, I. (2021). Comet C/2020F3 (Neowise) with separate dust and ion gas tails and a green glowing coma, by Dietmar Gutermuth, Germany. zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5290341

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