A picture taken on Sunday by Austrian photographer Michael Jäger appears to show the comet with not only its usual bright ...

enhanced versions of the photos revealed the comet had a fainter streak of light, known as an "anti-tail," coming off its body in the opposite direction, according to Spaceweather.com. On Monday (Oct.

so its tail reflects sunlight more than most comet tails. It is known as "forward scattering" to astronomers because it scatters sunlight in the direction of Earth — and into your eyes — and ...

3, comet A3 will be visible in the east-southeast direction before sunrise ... fuzzy blob with a tail pointing away from the sun. A comet is made from ice and dust. As it gets closer to the ...