solar system
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A study published Wednesday in the journal Science Advances determined it was the largest new crater ever discovered in the solar system.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
"Because Earth and Mars formed in the same neighborhood of the solar system, they are like siblings," Denton said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Earth has an unusually large moon compared with other rocky planets in the solar system, but scientists still do not fully understand how it formed.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Comet 3I/ATLAS is only the third confirmed object ever observed entering our solar system from interstellar space, following 1I/'Oumuamua and 2I/Borisov.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
The point to remember, of course, is that when considering the universe at large we don’t actually know what is in our own solar system.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
