In the frozen outskirts of the solar system, a reddish dwarf planet orbits in silence. Known as Sedna, it is so distant that one trip around the Sun takes more than 11,000 years. For much of that time ...
Sedna is drifting into a part of its path where human technology can finally contemplate catching up, and that window will ...
Feb. 23 (UPI) --A shell of icy objects at the edge of the solar system known as the Oort cloud has a pair of spiral arms that resemble a miniature galaxy, new research suggests. Until now, the shape ...
In a nutshell: Far beyond the orbit of Pluto lies a mysterious region filled with icy objects circling the Sun. This distant zone, known as the Oort Cloud, remains unseen, but its existence is ...
Astronomers have identified a small but significant possibility that a Neptune-sized planet is quietly orbiting within the distant Oort cloud, the icy boundary of our solar system. According to recent ...