solar system

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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

"Before astronomers found planets outside our solar system, we thought we had a pretty good grasp on how planets formed," Libby-Roberts said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

Someone must venture to the far side of the cosmos to investigate whatever factor is stopping the solar Pac-Man out there, in hopes of bringing it back to our solar system and saving our sun.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

These paired objects are known as binary asteroid systems, and they are surprisingly common in our region of the solar system.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

The little flock of golden birds continued to twitter in circles around her head so that she looked like a strange, feathery model of the solar system.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling