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What icy bodies mostly originate in the Oort Cloud before being flung toward the Sun?
The icy bodies that make their dramatic, fiery visits to the inner solar system—the long-period comets—are believed to h...
What icy bodies does the Oort Cloud contain?
The remote reaches of our solar system harbor a colossal, spherical reservoir composed primarily of icy debris, a struct...
Were any bodies recovered from the Challenger disaster?
The breakup of the Space Shuttle *Challenger* on January 28, 1986, resulted in the tragic loss of all seven crew members...
Did they recover the bodies from Columbia?
The breakup of Space Shuttle *Columbia* upon re-entry on February 1, 2003, initiated one of the most extensive and sombe...
What happened to the bodies of Columbia's crew?
The question of what became of the seven brave men and women aboard Space Shuttle *Columbia* when it broke apart during ...
How many bodies are in the Milky Way?
The sheer scale of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is a concept that strains human intuition. Asking how many "bodies" r...