An international research team led by the University of Vienna has discovered that the solar system traversed the Orion ...

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

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A hidden structure at the farthest reaches of our solar system is challenging long-held theories. Using advanced simulations, ...

Astronomers have discovered that the Solar System traversed the Orion star-forming complex, a component of the Radcliffe Wave galactic structure, approximately 14 million years ago. This journey ...

A star racing through the Milky Way may have a planet in tow, setting a new speed record for exoplanet systems. Using ...

While all seven planets could appear in some form in parts of the U.S., not all of them will be visible to the naked eye.

A new study rewrites the story of human evolution, suggesting that intelligent life is not rare but a natural planetary ...

The Milky Way's tidal forces may be shaping the Oort Cloud's inner structure into a spiral shape.

What they found was surprising: the inner Oort Cloud seems to form a spiral disk, stretching about 15,000 astronomical units (AU) long. 1 AU is the distance between the Sun and the Earth (149.4 ...

Fig.1: Artistic representation of the Milky Way. The position of the Solar System is pointed by a white row. Our sun and its ...