Comet Emoji

Travel

A streak of light trailing behind a rocky, icy nucleus, representing a comet hurling through the dark vacuum of space. It captures the distinct motion of a celestial body moving across the night sky.

Usage Context

Used to describe things that are fast, flashy, or out of this world. It often appears in conversations about astronomy, high-speed travel, or metaphorical 'star power.' People frequently use it alongside ✨ to signify magic or brilliance, or 🚀 when discussing rapid progress.

History

Part of the original set of astronomical symbols included in Unicode 1.1 in 1993. It was based on early computer character sets that allowed researchers and space enthusiasts to represent celestial phenomena in plain text, long before modern high-resolution emoji sets were standard.

Details

Glyph

☄

Unicode

U+2604

Shortcode

:emoji_u2604:

HTML Entity

☄

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Travel

Subcategory sky & weather

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

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