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"We found that some comets in the inner Oort cloud form a long-lasting spiral structure." Spirals are a repeating theme in astronomy, with arguably the most famous example of a swirling armed structure being our home galaxy,
Even the little-understood Oort Cloud, at the outer edges of our solar system beyond view, has a partly spiral structure.
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The NASA boffins in white coats and thick-rimmed glasses have detected new signals that show the Oort cloud - the spooky shell of icy objects at the very edge of our solar system - might have spiralling arms that resemble a galaxy.
Using a NASA supercomputer to run models, researchers led by SwRI astronomer David Nesvorny now believe that the Inner Oort cloud looks like a spiral disk, around 0.24 light-years across, with two arms like many a galaxy, albeit oriented vertically.
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