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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, ...
Astronomers discovered that C/2014 UN271, a massive comet more than 10 times larger than any known comet, is emitting jets of ...
Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show.
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 ...