solar system

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Scientists determined the object had entered the solar system from deep space, making it the third known object to have come from another star system.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The institute said the researchers also can learn more about the natural properties of interstellar objects as they travel through our solar system.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to dramatically expand the search for planets beyond our solar system, known as exoplanets.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

Microlensing, which is expected to reveal more than 1,000 worlds, excels at finding planets farther from their stars, including systems that resemble our own solar system.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

I wished we hadn’t gone any farther out, that we hadn’t tried to see ourselves from the outer edge of the solar system.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin