Mischka is an amateur astronomer. Using her telescope, she looks out past the Earth’s atmosphere and observes an object with a long, bright, cloud-like tail behind it. What is Mischka observing?

Mischka is observing a comet. As a comet travels near the Sun, its ice and dust can form a bright, cloud-like tail that streams away from the Sun. Asteroids are rocky bodies, while meteoroids and meteorites do not typically have long, bright tails.

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