solar system

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

"I like to think about it as walking through a doorway into how humankind explores the solar system going forward."

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Among those selected was Fulton's Grand Orrery, a working model of the solar system which predates the museum itself.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Under normal conditions, gas cools and settles into a rotating disk under gravity, much like the process that formed the flat, spinning plane of our solar system.

From Science Daily • Mar. 20, 2026

Someone must venture to the far side of the cosmos to investigate whatever factor is stopping the solar Pac-Man out there, in hopes of bringing it back to our solar system and saving our sun.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Indeed, seven moons in the solar system, including our own, are larger.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson