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An ancient, vivid comet that astronomers recently discovered is glimmering in the sky, but may vanish and never be seen again after this year. Dubbed the "comet of the century" by social media users, ...

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

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 ...

The Oort Cloud's inner edge begins approximately 2,000-5,000 AU from the Sun, extending to a nebulous outer boundary of 10,000-100,000 AU (0.16-1.6 light-years). The proximity of the Oort Cloud to the ...

The Oort cloud, a theoretical spherical shell surrounding our solar system, extends from approximately 1,000-2,000 AU to potentially 100,000 AU, halfway to Alpha Centauri. Its existence is inferred ...

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 ...

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 ...