"We found that some comets in the inner Oort cloud form a long-lasting spiral structure." Spirals are a repeating theme in ...

NASA’s Pleiades supercomputer has provided fresh insights into the Oort cloud – ​​a vast, theoretical spherical shell of icy ...

We are surrounded by it: an odd spiral was seen close to the Milky Way. NASA Supercomputer Unveils Spiral Surprise at Solar ...

Most of the long-period comets in the Solar System come from the outer Oort Cloud. The inner region is much more stable. It's ...

Hubble's study reveals Andromeda experienced major galactic collisions, unlike Milky Way. Its satellite galaxies show unusual ...

Using a NASA supercomputer to run models, researchers led by SwRI astronomer David Nesvorny now believe that the Inner Oort cloud looks like a spiral disk, around 0.24 light-years across, with two ...

Have you ever wondered how astronomers manage to map out the Milky Way when it's so incredibly vast? One of the most powerful ...

The mysterious Oort cloud is the source of many of our solar system's comets, but astronomers still have no idea what it ...

There are millions of galaxies in the universe, and while astronomers have cataloged many, some remain relatively unknown to ...

Here is a list of galaxies that are known in this universe other than your Milky Way galaxy. It is a spiral galaxy approximately 2.5 million light-years from Earth and the nearest major galaxy to the ...

This spiral structure is attributed to "galactic tides" – the gravitational forces exerted by distant stars, black holes, and the Milky Way's center. These forces have shaped the Oort cloud over ...