This scene from the new Hayden Planetarium Space Show “Encounters in the Milky Way” at the American Museum of Natural History shows our solar system’s Oort cloud with a newly discovered spiral structure.
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How a new planetarium show helped scientists unlock a cosmic secret

This scene from the new Hayden Planetarium Space Show “Encounters in the Milky Way” at the American Museum of Natural History shows our solar system’s Oort cloud with a newly discovered spiral structure.
 
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