solar system

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The conspiracy theorists among us think he could announce the presence of aliens from outside our solar system, especially after former president Barack Obama’s recent off-hand comments raised eyebrows.

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Our own solar system, including Earth and the other rocky planets, formed from such recycled material about 4.5 billion years ago.

From Science Daily

New research led by scientists at Penn State suggests that at least some of Bennu's amino acids may have originated in extremely cold, radioactive conditions during the earliest stages of the solar system.

From Science Daily

Planets beyond our solar system are known as "exoplanets."

From Science Daily

In our solar system, Jupiter and Saturn are classic examples.

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