solar system

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Previous winners of the award have been recognised for communicating research on topics including the origins of the Moon and the search for habitable planets beyond our solar system.

From BBC • May 10, 2026

The team concluded that 3I/ATLAS likely formed in a much colder region with lower radiation levels than the environment that created the planets and comets in our solar system.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

A new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan suggests the comet was born in conditions far colder than those that shaped our own solar system.

From Science Daily • May 8, 2026

To maximize the savings, the nonprofit communications director and her husband then sold their gas car to fund a home solar system.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 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