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

A spiral structure composed of billions of comets in the inner solar system at its heart ... armed structure being our home galaxy, the Milky Way. Now, using a powerful NASA supercomputer ...

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

The Oort cloud is a shell of icy objects that forms the very outskirts of our Solar System. Recently, a group of researchers ...

The disc of plasma surrounding the black hole at the heart of the Milky Way is constantly emitting flares both large and small.

The Oort cloud is a shell of icy objects that forms the very outskirts of our Solar System. Recently ... by the gravitational effects of the Milky Way galaxy in which they (and we all) reside.

The discovery of new exoplanets can help scientists understand how planets form and evolve. Scientists from UNSW Sydney have located a potential new exoplanet -- a planet that orbits a star outside of ...

The Voyager probes are each turning off an instrument to avoid ending their 47-year-long missions later this year.

Astronomers used the powerful James Webb Space Telescope to peer into this object flying by itself through our Milky Way ...

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 ...