solar system

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The institute said the researchers also can learn more about the natural properties of interstellar objects as they travel through our 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 ratio is much higher than what is typically seen in comets from our own solar system, with only a handful of known examples showing similar characteristics.

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

The basic unit of measure in the solar system is the Astronomical Unit, or AU, representing the distance from the Sun to the Earth.

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