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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Our solar system is an example of the end state of this process, with just the asteroid belt, the Kuiper Belt and faint zodiacal dust remaining.
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
The discoveries show just how far the search for worlds beyond our solar system has progressed, says Rebecca Charbonneau, a historian of science at the American Institute of Physics.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2025
Another group of researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston took a look at dust from stars present in the sample that are older than our own solar system.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
If true, the evidence detailed in their pre-print study may force researchers to reconsider how comets form–not only in deep space, but our own solar system.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2025
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Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 5 Dec. 2025
The discoveries show just how far the search for worlds beyond our solar system has progressed, says Rebecca Charbonneau, a historian of science at the American Institute of Physics.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2025
Another group of researchers at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston took a look at dust from stars present in the sample that are older than our own solar system.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 4 Dec. 2025
If true, the evidence detailed in their pre-print study may force researchers to reconsider how comets form–not only in deep space, but our own solar system.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2025
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“Solar system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20system. Accessed 11 Dec. 2025.
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