We typically think of the Oort cloud as scattered ice balls floating far from the sun, yet still tied to it gravitationally.

"The biggest surprise was seeing the distinct spiral shape in the Hubble Space Telescope images. At first I was worried I had made an error," said Achenbach. This galaxy still has the spiral arms ...

In addition to rod-shaped representatives such as the widely known model bacterium E. coli, there are numerous curved and ...

The finer spiral shapes have jagged edges. The Priority Mail Express stamp shows JWST’s image of the central portion of star cluster IC 348. The image was first released in December 2023 and was ...

By looking at the shape and size of coprolites, as well as where they were found, scientists can work out what kind of animal the droppings might have come from. Coprolites can also contain clues ...

Wherever we look in the Universe we see spiral galaxies. 70% of all galaxies today have this spiral structure that show up in their stars and their gas that’s used to make more s ...

By applying existing mathematical models to a generic mock-up of a cochlea -- a spiral-shaped organ in the inner ear -- the researchers revealed a new layer of cochlear complexity. The findings ...