Ernest Opik, an Estonian astronomer based at the Astronomical Observatory in Tartu from 1921-1944, commenced research on the frequencies and speeds of meteors and comets in the 1920s. In 1932, Opik ...
NEW YORK – Two bright green comets are streaming through the skies and are visible to skygazers in the Northern Hemisphere. Both hail from the outer edges of our solar system — possibly what's known ...
The Oort Cloud is believed to be a vast shell of icy bodies, but scientists debate whether it marks the true edge of the solar system. Iran reacts to Trump administration seizing Venezuelan oil tanker ...
This illustration shows the current positions of the Voyager missions with relation to the Sun. Currently considered outside the solar system, the spacecrafts will nonetheless take close to 300 years ...
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NEW YORK — Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system's many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural History last ...