A team of astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting molecular activity in comet C/2014 UN271 ...

The orange dwarf Gliese 710 is expected to come within 0.1663 light-years or 10,520 astronomical units in about 1.29 million ...

An accidental discovery in an astronomy show offers researchers a new clue about the mysterious Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun.

The Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun at a distance 1,000 times greater than the orbit of Neptune, is widely thought to be spherical — although it has never been ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.

Scientists believe a huge bubble surrounds our solar system, called the Oort Cloud. The huge bubble is the farthest region of ...

A team of scientists accidentally visualized a hidden spiral in the Oort Cloud, and it might change everything we know about ...

Scientists have long assumed the Oort Cloud, one of the most mysterious structures in our solar system, to be spherical.

The Oort Cloud is a vast, spherical shell of icy objects that surrounds our entire solar system, extending far beyond the orbits of the planets and dwarf planets. Thought to be the source of ...