Spirals are a repeating theme in astronomy, with arguably the most famous example of a swirling armed structure being our ...

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NASA's Pleiades supercomputer has provided fresh insights into the Oort cloud – a vast, theoretical spherical shell of icy objects that surrounds our solar system. For a long time, the Oort cloud's ...

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 ...

The Oort Cloud comet — also known as the Tsuchinshan-ATLAS — will be lighting up the sky starting Oct. 9 MARIANA SUAREZ/AFP via Getty Stargazers will be able to witness a "once-in-a-lifetime" comet in ...

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 ...

Earth could be peppered with deadly wayward comets in just over a million years' time when a wandering star enters the outer reaches of the Solar System. Popular culture is full of cosmic doomsday ...

A "hyperactive" comet that is due to make its closest approach to Earth in less than two weeks' time will give scientists a window into the early days of our solar system billions of years ago. The ...

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