solar system

noun

: the sun together with the group of celestial bodies that are held by its attraction and revolve around it

also : a similar system centered on another star

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In February 2023, Google’s artificial intelligence chatbot Bard claimed that the James Webb Space Telescope had captured the first image of a planet outside our solar system. —

Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024 On a clear night, several planets in our solar system were visible without a telescope. —

Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024 Scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in our solar system just beyond Neptune. —

Daniel Wine, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024 October 30, 2024 7:43 AM EDT One of the most tantalizing worlds in the solar system is Europa, a moon of Jupiter covered in a rind of ice, beneath which, scientists believe, lies a warm, salty, mineral-rich ocean—and possibly living organisms. —

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