Oort Cloud’s Spiral Structure Revealed by Galactic Tides
A recent study has uncovered a surprising spiral structure within the Oort Cloud, a vast field of icy debris extending out to 100,000 times the distance between Earth and the Sun. The finding, published in The Astrophysical Journal, reveals that the galactic tides exerted by the Milky Way galaxy have shaped this distant region. Researchers … Read more