Beyond the Kuiper Belt
The vastness beyond the Kuiper Belt remains largely unexplored, with the outer solar system extending to the heliopause, approximately 200 AU from the sun. Speculations abound regarding the existence of undiscovered celestial bodies, including the Oort Cloud—a hypothetical sphere of icy objects that could serve as the origin for long-period comets like Halley's Comet. At an astonishing distance of about 50,000 AU, the Oort Cloud challenges our understanding of the solar system's boundaries.In this clip
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Episode 22: Our Place in the Cosmos
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