In the farthest reaches of our solar system, beyond the familiar planets and even the icy Kuiper Belt, lies a mysterious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Oort Cloud, an expanse of icy bodies in the far reaches of our solar system, is shown here in a scene from "Encounters in the ...

The mysterious cloud of space rocks and debris at the edge of the solar system may have spiral arms, making it resemble a mini galaxy, a new study says. The Oort cloud is a theoretical debris shell at ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope turned to the famed ringed world of Saturn for its first near-infrared observations of the planet in 2023. The Oort clous is thought to have been formed by remnants ...

Space is full of surprises, and the most recent of these is: Spirals are the solar system's favorite shape. Astronomers have ...

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 ...

NEW YORK — Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural History last ...

New research may shine a light on part of outer space's great mysteries: the Oort Cloud. The Oort Cloud is the name given to a theorized group of potentially trillions of icy objects on the edge of ...

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 ...