While uncommon, some ordinary comets also have an "anti-tail" that points toward the sun. As a recent famous example, the very bright comet in October 2024 [0]

While uncommon, some ordinary comets also have an "anti-tail" that points toward the sun. As a recent famous example, the very bright comet in October 2024 [0] had a prominent anti-tail. The main photo on the wikipedia page shows it clearly. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2023_A3_(Tsuchinshan–ATLAS)