astronomers have created a 3D map of the low-density bubble of X-ray-emitting, million-degree hot gas that surrounds the solar system. The investigation has revealed a large-scale temperature ...

TIM:When I was up on the ISS, that different perspective really brought home the sheer scale of the universe. The vastness of our Solar System and the distances involved is something that's hard ...

and deform large-scale objects and orbital paths. That said, the inner Oort cloud is affected by these galactic tides as well, albeit over a much longer time frame—like, age-of-the-Solar-System ...