Oort cloud
There Could Be Captured Planets in the Oort Cloud
The early Solar System was a turbulent and chaotic place with icy material hurled far from the Sun, becoming the…
The Oort Cloud Could Have More Rock Than Previously Believed
The Oort Cloud is a collection of icy objects in the furthest reaches of the Solar System. It contains the…
Researchers Simulate the Formation of the Oort Cloud
There is a cloud of debris surrounding our solar system. It's known as the Oort cloud, and it is the…
In 1.3 Million Years, a Star Will Come Within 24 Light-Days of the Sun
Using data from the Gaia Observatory, a team of Russian scientists have concluded that a star will make a close…
The Sun Might Have Once Had a Binary Companion Star
A new study from the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has bolstered the case for our Sun having a long-lost…
Oort Clouds Around Other Stars Should be Visible in the Cosmic Microwave Background
A new study by a team from the University of Pennsylvania suggests using maps of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB)…
Now We Know When Stars Will Be Passing Through the Oort Cloud
Based on data provided by the Gaia mission, a new study has indicated when close encounters will take place between…
Colonizing the Outer Solar System
This episode continues our team up with Fraser Cain to look at Colonizing the Solar System, we move from the…
Does Our Galaxy Have a Habitable Zone?
It’s not just our Solar System that has a habitable zone, it turns out our entire galaxy has regions which…
Planet 9 Search Turning Up Wealth Of New Objects
In 2014, Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science and Chadwick Trujillo of Northern Arizona University proposed an interesting…