Effects of the Sun

Comet: a ball made of ice and dust particles that travels in an orbit around the Sun. Once it reaches a distance closer to the Sun, it glows and begins to melt, forming a tail that points away from the Sun.  

Aurora borealis: The shifting patterns of coloured light that appear in the night sky in the northern latitudes. This is a result of the collisions between charged particles and molecules in the upper atmosphere.

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