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 ...

A family portrait of the Andromeda galaxy and its orbiting dwarf satellites raises questions about how galaxies evolve.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have a front-row seat to some of the most extraordinary sights in the ...

Scientists using NASA’s Pleiades supercomputer have discovered a spiral structure within the Oort Cloud, a distant shell of ...

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

NASA’s Pleiades model suggests a spiral in the Oort Cloud’s inner regio Galactic forces may have shaped the Oort Cloud into a ...

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

New research suggests the Oort Cloud may have a spiral structure like a mini galaxy. Supercomputer models reveal its ...

The NASA boffins in white coats and thick-rimmed glasses have detected new signals that show the Oort cloud - the spooky ...

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 ...

NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has captured this stunning image of Andromeda Galaxy which is also known as M31. This image, captured by NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope, shows only dust which ...

Most of the long-period comets in the Solar System come from the outer Oort Cloud. The inner region is much more stable. It's ...