solar system

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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

Gravitational pulls from planets slowly tug on the individual fragments in different ways, causing the once compact stream to spread out and eventually blend into the background dust filling the solar system.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Researchers say the system could resemble an oversized version of the early solar system.

From Science Daily • May 12, 2026

Like the Moon, they all bear witness to an age of impact catastrophism in the early history of the solar system.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan