Far beyond Neptune, at the far outer rim of our Solar System, astronomers have spotted what looks like a hidden “structure” or “band” of small worlds.

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Fresh mapping of the outer solar system has revealed a previously unseen pattern in the Kuiper Belt, the icy ring of debris beyond Neptune that has long been treated as a relatively simple torus of ...

"We found that some comets in the inner Oort cloud form a long-lasting spiral structure." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Spirals ...

An artist's illustration of the Voyager 1 probe travelling into the Oort Cloud. (Image credit: Science Photo Library/Alamy Stock Photo) Scientists believe that, at the edge of our solar system, lies a ...

"If our solar system is indeed moving this fast, we need to question fundamental assumptions about the large-scale structure of the universe." Astronomers have discovered that the solar system may be ...