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solar system

[soh-ler sis-tuhm] / ˈsoʊ lər ˌsɪs təm /
NOUN
planets orbiting sun
Synonyms
STRONGEST
earth
WEAK
Copernican system Jupiter Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Saturn Uranus Venus heliocentric system planetary system

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Yet within our own solar system, everything appears to behave exactly as expected.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

However, if scientists can use data from large cosmological surveys to develop precise hypotheses that apply to the solar system, then it becomes possible to design targeted experiments to test them.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2026

Despite what you may have heard, we haven’t yet detected any interstellar spaceships in the solar system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

After leaving Earth and partying around the solar system, she winds up in one of the underground neighborhoods on Mars, thoroughly burned out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

Shapley had in 1915 the courage to propose that the solar system was in the outskirts and not near the core of our galaxy.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan