We typically think of the Oort cloud as scattered ice balls floating far from the sun, yet still tied to it gravitationally.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope turned to the famed ringed world of Saturn for its first near-infrared observations of the planet in 2023. The Oort clous is thought to have been formed by remnants ...

In the farthest reaches of our solar system, beyond the familiar planets and even the icy Kuiper Belt, lies a mysterious ...

The human mind may find it difficult to conceptualize: a cosmic cloud so colossal it surrounds the Sun and eight planets as it extends trillions of miles into deep space. The spherical shell known as ...

In a nutshell: Far beyond the orbit of Pluto lies a mysterious region filled with icy objects circling the Sun. This distant zone, known as the Oort Cloud, remains unseen, but its existence is ...

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ALMA captures surprising activity in comet C/2014 UN271, Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet, the largest ever detected.

If you’re wondering about the sunny view from the Oort Cloud, that vast sphere of debris that surrounds our solar system, here it is. As we told you yesterday, scientists now believe this remote, cold ...

The solar system is composed of the sun, eight major planets, five dwarf planets, over a hundred moons, and countless comets ...

The human mind may find it difficult to conceptualize: a cosmic cloud so colossal it surrounds the Sun and eight planets as it extends trillions of miles into deep space. The spherical shell known as ...

Feb. 23 (UPI) --A shell of icy objects at the edge of the solar system known as the Oort cloud has a pair of spiral arms that resemble a miniature galaxy, new research suggests. Until now, the shape ...