solar system

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Last summer, a NASA-funded asteroid impact warning system detected a mysterious object speeding through the solar system.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

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

Together, these complementary approaches will allow scientists to investigate how planets form throughout the galaxy, including in the region where our own solar system may have originated.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

The telescope is designed to study objects throughout the solar system, investigate planets orbiting distant stars, and explore the origins and evolution of the universe.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

I rest my head on his shoulder and tell him about going to the museum and Ahnighito and all the things that had to go right for our solar system, galaxy, and universe to form.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon