In the farthest reaches of our solar system, beyond the familiar planets and even the icy Kuiper Belt, lies a mysterious region known as the Oort cloud. This is a vast shell of icy bodies, stretching ...

Early in our Solar System’s history, bits of icy debris were scattered and then gradually coaxed into a spiral alignment in ...

Our Solar System Has Been Infiltrated by Over One Million Interstellar Objects From The Nearby Star System The solar system ...

A comet called ATLAS dazzled the southern skies for the last few weeks. Now it's heading out of view for half a million years ...

Interstellar material has been discovered in our solar system, but researchers continue to hunt for where it came from and ...

Alpha Centauri asteroids may be scattered in the Oort Cloud Some interstellar rocks could travel into the inner solar system ...

Alpha Centauri is the closest star system to our own ... wide could be lurking in the Oort Cloud, a band of icy material at the edge of our solar system. Some of these alien visitors could ...

The triple star system is sending comets, asteroids and meteors our way, and the number of interstellar objects entering the solar system will rise.

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 ...

Groundbreaking research reveals the Oort Cloud's shape as a spiral structure, challenging traditional beliefs about its random collection. NASA's Plei ...

"Our Sun (Sol) is marked by a black hexagon, and its orbital path is indicated by a grey solid line (top row only). Alpha Centauri's location and path are shown by a yellow star and a solid blue line ...

Alpha Centauri is the star system closest to our Solar System ... from the system in our asteroid belt and our distant Oort cloud). That said, the gravitational forces of more stars and planets ...