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The Bernardinelli-Bernstein comet, located in the Oort Cloud, was observed by the ALMA to record the first evidence of active ...
The monstrous 85-mile-wide comet C/2014 UN271 is the second most distant body originating from the Oort Cloud found to be ...
It appears our solar system is getting more popular with out-of-towners. Astronomers have found a third interstellar object, ...
Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.
Astronomers discovered that C/2014 UN271, a massive comet more than 10 times larger than any known comet, is emitting jets of ...
Passing stars could trigger instability across the solar system, resulting in Earth being hauled out of its orbit.
NASA observes largest Oort Cloud comet, C/2014 UN271, exploding with CO gas jets, thanks to ALMA’s deep-space capabilities.
On March 8, ALMA spotted a pair of jets blasting out of the comet's nucleus – its solid icy core. Spectrometry revealed that ...
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 Milky Way," a show at New York City's Hayden Planetarium that ...
A recent study in Icarus suggests a wandering star could disrupt our solar system. Simulations reveal that a star passing ...
A recent study indicates a small chance that Earth could be ejected from our solar system due to passing stars. Simulations ...