solar system

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To better understand the unusual burst, researchers combined observations from several spacecraft positioned throughout the inner solar system.

From Science Daily • May 23, 2026

Many giant exoplanets discovered beyond our solar system are "hot Jupiters," worlds that circle very close to their stars and reach blistering temperatures of thousands of degrees.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Although the mission's main scientific goals focus on dark energy, dark matter, and planets beyond our solar system, researchers expect the observatory to support a wide range of astronomical discoveries.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Within four years, Whitlock calculates the solar system will have paid for itself.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

After Uranus it will plunge on past Neptune, leaving the solar system, becoming an interstellar spacecraft, fated to roam forever the great ocean between the stars.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan