Astronomers believe they've discovered a spiral structure inside the Oort cloud that surrounds our solar system.
The Oort cloud is a shell of icy objects that forms the very outskirts of our Solar System. Recently, a group of researchers ...
Much of the dust in our solar system is leftover residue from the formation of the planets, which was a violent affair that saw a multitude of objects smash ... sun than our maps presently estimate.
The solar system is made up of the Sun (our nearest ... The Sun’s gravity holds all of these objects together, and the gravitational forces between objects can cause less massive objects to ...
The inner Oort cloud, between 1,000 and 10,000 AU from the sun, displays a spiral formation with arms that extend 15,000 AU.