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

The comet releases exceptionally large amounts of carbon dioxide relative to water, far exceeding the levels commonly measured in solar system comets.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 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

Listening to Ms. Freedman, the seventh-grade science teacher, describe the spring unit on the solar system reminded me that I was really going to be there for the entire school year.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez