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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The solar system is expected to generate 35% of the store’s total electricity usage.
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Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 21 Nov. 2025
Though the device won't be able to get up close to planets in our solar system, shots of our Moon are possible and the telescope ships with a ND filter for Sun captures too.
—New Atlas, 21 Nov. 2025
All of those spacecraft craning their necks to track a single object on command from Earth amount to nothing short of a sort of cosmic infrastructure, built and deployed by humans throughout their local solar system.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 20 Nov. 2025
The habitable zone provides a useful guide to search for signs of life on exoplanets – planets outside our solar system orbiting other stars.
—Morgan Underwood, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
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Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 21 Nov. 2025
Though the device won't be able to get up close to planets in our solar system, shots of our Moon are possible and the telescope ships with a ND filter for Sun captures too.
—New Atlas, 21 Nov. 2025
All of those spacecraft craning their necks to track a single object on command from Earth amount to nothing short of a sort of cosmic infrastructure, built and deployed by humans throughout their local solar system.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 20 Nov. 2025
The habitable zone provides a useful guide to search for signs of life on exoplanets – planets outside our solar system orbiting other stars.
—Morgan Underwood, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
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“Solar system.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/solar%20system. Accessed 26 Nov. 2025.
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