Earth is about to have a close encounter with a comet, possibly passing through its ion tail – a rare occurrence. If we are lucky, it could show up as a blue streak in the northern hemisphere ...

13, 2024 when the comet was displaying an impressive level of brightness and details, as well as a cool 'anti-tail.' In this photo, it also seems that the comet's ion tail is also visible alongside ...

This is often called the gas tail or ion tail, which glows not due to solar illumination but ionization. Material from the dust tail escapes the comet's gravitational grasp, spreading out behind ...