Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts ...

A team of astronomers has made a groundbreaking discovery by detecting molecular activity in comet C/2014 UN271 ...

The monstrous 85-mile-wide comet C/2014 UN271 is the second most distant body originating from the Oort Cloud found to be ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.

The existence of the Oort Cloud was first proposed in 1950 by Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, who imagined it as a shell of icy bodies swirling around the sun from up to 1.5 light-years away.

The existence of the Oort Cloud was first proposed in 1950 by Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, who imagined it as a shell of icy bodies swirling around the sun from up to 1.5 light-years away.

Sedna will make its closest approach to the Sun in 2076, giving us a rare opportunity to visit the planetoid before it drifts ...

An accidental discovery might change how we think about one of the most mysterious structures in our solar system. The Oort ...

Largest Oort Cloud comet ever observed reveals its secrets under ALMA's powerful gaze by National Radio Astronomy Observatory edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

It appears our solar system is getting more popular with out-of-towners. Astronomers may have found a third interstellar ...

The Oort Cloud is known to send comets hurtling towards Earth, but its true shape has remained elusive to scientists until now. “Why is there a spiral there?” said the museum's Jackie Faherty.

The existence of the Oort Cloud was first proposed in 1950 by Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, who imagined it as a shell of icy bodies swirling around the sun from up to 1.5 light-years away.