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No; you may be thinking of a "meteor". A comet may have a long tail, but it does not APPEAR to move quickly across the sky.

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Yes, comets can have a bright streak of light called a tail when they pass close to the sun. This tail is formed by gas and dust particles being heated by the sun, which then reflect sunlight and appear as a streak of light in the sky.

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