planets at just the right distance from an unusually stable star in the galactic life zone, with a stabilizing moon and a comet-deflecting Jovian, just the right chemical diversity, a ...

The Oort Cloud begins roughly 2,000 – 5,000 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun, with 1 AU being the average distance between Earth and the Sun.

The discovery also provides insight into how planetary systems evolve in regions of the Milky Way’s densely packed galactic ... zone, meaning it is too far from the star to support life as ...