1.   And the fiery tails of rockets do not streak through the night sky.

2.   A comet, a ball of frozen dust and gas, usually orbits the sun, picking up a fiery tail as it gets closer and vaporizes.

3.   Just before the blaze, there were scores of reports of the brightly glowing ball with a fiery tail streaking through the nighttime sky.

4.   The eclipse coincided with the arrival of the Hale-Bopp comet, extending its fiery tail toward the northwest, Xinhua said.