solar system
noun
: the sun together with the group of celestial bodies that are held by its attraction and revolve around it
also
: a similar system centered on another star
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Likewise, primitive asteroidal bodies are somewhat like fossilized remnants of the building blocks of the solar system's planets, including Earth.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026
Earth-impacting shrapnel from those primordial upheavals may have helped seed our planet with the precursors for life, delivering water and organic compounds from the dark, icy depths of the outer solar system.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 June 2026
It's thought to be the result of collisions with various protoplanets and other massive objects during the formation of the solar system billions of years ago, according to NASA.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 17 June 2026
Meteorites are quite rare and important to the study of the early solar system.
—Adam Lark, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 June 2026
Earth-impacting shrapnel from those primordial upheavals may have helped seed our planet with the precursors for life, delivering water and organic compounds from the dark, icy depths of the outer solar system.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 18 June 2026
It's thought to be the result of collisions with various protoplanets and other massive objects during the formation of the solar system billions of years ago, according to NASA.
—Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 17 June 2026
Meteorites are quite rare and important to the study of the early solar system.
—Adam Lark, The Conversation, 16 June 2026
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“Solar system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20system. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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