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 ...

"We were quite surprised," Dones continued. "Spirals are seen in Saturn's rings, disks around young stars and galaxies. The ...

We have a rough idea of the size and shape of this field, but the fine particulars elude our understanding. Now, a new computational study has revealed a surprising structure – a spiral generated by ...

According to simulations, this portion is more of a torus, or donut shape, extending from 1,000 to 10,000 astronomical units. Most of the long-period comets in the Solar System come from the outer ...