These two tails accompany many comets, including comet NEOWISE, and can show us things we might never otherwise see for ourselves about our Solar System. Here’s why there are two of them.

While many comets have two tails, including all "great comets," it’s also possible NEOWISE has an extra ion tail. "Parker Solar Probe’s images appear to show a divide in the ion tail," NASA ...

Actually, comets have two tails. So, this is the tale of two tails. OK, that was a poor pun -- I'm sorry. But comets are a hot item now. First, there is the comet Pan-STARRS as seen above. This ...

Images released from NASA earlier this week suggested that NEOWISE may actually have two ion tails. Other recent comets with sodium tails include the Hale-Bopp comet in 1997 and the ISON Comet ...

If you're getting a new pair of binoculars or a telescope for Christmas this year, one of the first objects you might want to look at is a comet making its first and last visit to the inner solar ...

Comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is now bright and clearly visible in the sky, with its beautiful tail, and it is getting brighter. ... Comets can have one or two tails, ...

It may be hard to get a 3D image of this in your head, but I added in the two tails: the blue ion tail pointing away from the Sun, and the redder dust tail lagging behind the comet itself. From the ...

As stargazers try to catch a glimpse of NEOWISE as it soars across the nighttime sky, careful viewers may notice the comet has two tails trailing behind it.