solar system

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In July, 3I/ATLAS became the third officially confirmed interstellar object known to enter our solar system.

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"The discovery of a slushy layer on Titan also has exciting implications for the search for life beyond our solar system," Jones said.

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At its closest approach, it comes within 0.3 astronomical units of the main star -- closer than any planet in our solar system gets to the sun.

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Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have found the clearest sign so far that a rocky planet beyond our solar system is wrapped in an atmosphere.

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It can be thought of as a scaled-down version of our own solar system, since the star and all seven planets would fit comfortably inside the orbit of Mercury.

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