solar system

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To visualize this density, imagine placing the solar system inside a cube one light-year on each side.

From Science Daily

As the solar system moves through the universe, this motion produces a subtle "headwind": slightly more radio galaxies appear in the direction of travel.

From Science Daily

In the middle of the month, a major European Space Agency mission will send a spacecraft on a long journey toward Jupiter, the solar system’s largest planet.

From New York Times

Such detailed observations of the planet will help scientists understand not only the origins and histories of Uranus and its fellow ice-giant Neptune but also the evolution and cosmic context of our solar system.

From Scientific American

Our Place In Space, a large-scale model of the solar system and sculpture trail, has just been at the Ulster Transport Museum in Belfast and the North Down Coastal path.

From BBC