The Oort Cloud is a vast, icy shell that surrounds the solar system, marking the farthest reaches of our cosmic neighborhood. Though we have yet to directly observe its objects, the Oort Cloud is ...

Dwarf planets Haumea and Makemake are the latest additions to the Maine Solar System Model, billed as the largest solar ...

For decades, astronomers believed our Solar System was a typical model of how planetary systems should form. But recent discoveries are reshaping that view, revealing that our cosmic neighborhood may ...