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solar system

[soh-ler sis-tuhm] / ˈsoʊ lər ˌsɪs təm /


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After leaving Earth and partying around the solar system, she winds up in one of the underground neighborhoods on Mars, thoroughly burned out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

"I like to think about it as walking through a doorway into how humankind explores the solar system going forward."

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Among those selected was Fulton's Grand Orrery, a working model of the solar system which predates the museum itself.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

It can be found in the constellation Pisces and is moving away from the Sun, likely never to return to the inner solar system.

From Science Daily • Mar. 21, 2026

The most interesting of the moons of Saturn seems to be Titan, the largest moon in the solar system and the only one with a substantial atmosphere.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan