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solar system

[soh-ler sis-tuhm] / ˈsoʊ lər ˌsɪs təm /
NOUN
planets orbiting sun
Synonyms
STRONGEST
earth
WEAK
Copernican system Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus Venus heliocentric system planetary system

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Every probe sent through the solar system behaves as if only standard gravity is at work.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

Today, new tools and approaches are helping scientists search for alien biology within our solar system and in the atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars, and look for traces of extraterrestrial hardware anywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Despite what you may have heard, we haven’t yet detected any interstellar spaceships in the solar system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

The search for planets beyond our solar system has evolved over decades.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2026

The basic unit of measure in the solar system is the Astronomical Unit, or AU, representing the distance from the Sun to the Earth.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson