Right now we can’t observe extrasolar Oort clouds, if they exist. (Not for lack of trying; we’ve been looking for them since 1991!) In fact, we can’t even directly observe our own Oort Cloud. We can ...

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope turned to the famed ringed world of Saturn for its first near-infrared observations of the planet in 2023. The Oort clous is thought to have been formed by remnants ...

Astronomers have discovered two unusual objects in comet-like orbits that originate in the Oort Cloud but with almost no activity, giving scientists a first look at their surfaces. These results are ...

Dean Wareham’s experimental dream pop group Luna have been pretty quiet since 2017. That year, they released an EP called A Place Of Greater Safety, as well as a covers album called A Sentimental ...

We typically think of the Oort cloud as scattered ice balls floating far from the sun, yet still tied to it gravitationally.

A thick sphere of icy debris known as the Oort cloud shrouds the solar system. Other star systems may harbor similar icy reservoirs, and those clouds may be visible in the universe’s oldest light, ...

Learn about the Oort cloud, a vast area beyond the inner solar system that is believed to contain icy objects arranged in a spiral shape. At the edge of our solar system, a host of large, icy bodies ...

Astronomers searching for the faintest glimmers of light beyond distant Pluto say they’ve discovered a new dwarf planet – and that this planetoid’s movements hint that an invisible giant planet ...