solar system
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"Comets are leftovers of the era of solar system formation, so they're made of 'old stuff' -- the primordial materials that made our solar system," said Bodewits.
From Science Daily
Under normal conditions, gas cools and settles into a rotating disk under gravity, much like the process that formed the flat, spinning plane of our solar system.
From Science Daily
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.
These planets usually develop far from their stars, where conditions favor gas accumulation, much like Jupiter and Saturn in our own solar system.
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It is designed to investigate objects within our solar system, examine planets orbiting other stars, and explore the origins and structure of galaxies across cosmic history.
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