solar system

"If you design something that can survive on the lunar surface long-term, you're pretty bulletproof anywhere else in the solar system."

Jupiter and some other planets in our solar system have icy moons, which researchers believe could support life.

More than 2 million solar systems sit on the roofs of homes, businesses and schools in California — more than any other state.

So there was great excitement when DMS was discovered on a “sub-Neptune planet” far from our solar system – 124 light years away, or about 17 trillion miles, in the constellation Leo.

"It would be surprising if there wasn't life in our solar system," she said laughing, with the unbridled enthusiasm she is known for.