Asteroid 99942 Apophis is a primordial relic from the formation of our Solar System.
Diamonds are made of carbon, after all--the fourth most common element in the solar system.
The suburbs of the solar system are filled with small, icy objects, including Pluto.
So there are eight planets in the solar system, not nine and not 10.
In our Solar System, we believe the Sun has accreted about two-and-a-half Earth-masses of rocky material.
Those investors in turn receive a 30% federal tax credit for each solar system installed.
Once their missions were accomplished, they carried on into the outer reaches of the solar system.
NASA's study of NEOs provides important clues to understanding the origin of our solar system.
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Early on, Moskovitz says the entire solar system probably resembled one giant asteroid belt.
It joins more than 150 planets discovered outside our solar system in recent years.
He believes the whole Saturn system is an excellent model for the early Solar System.
It also found that Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, has a magnetic field.
Her theory rests on a new picture of the evolution of the early solar system.
Where the Earth has soil, other rocky bodies in the solar system have regolith.
And, more romantically, robotic probes travel throughout the solar system, orbiting and landing on other planets.
Mars, our next-door neighbor in the solar system, hasn't given up many of its secrets yet.
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So far, telescopes have been able to detect just over 300 planets outside our Solar System.
All this while revenue growth is hard to come by anywhere in the solar system.
"I'm interested in where all the bits that made up the Solar System came from, " she said.
Now, researchers speculate that it is the first known meteorite from our Solar System's innermost planet, Mercury.
Until recently, the asteroids were largely a footnote in NASA's plans for exploration of the solar system.
And not just within our own solar system, but other solar systems, which this definition specifically excludes.
And building one would indeed open up at the very least the inner solar system to us.
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Nanosats could also act as relays for spacecraft sent to the outer reaches of the solar system.
Planetary Resources plans to take rocks floating aimlessly in the solar system and turn them into valuable commodities.
By casting a wide net, the telescope is expected to catch many moving objects within our Solar System.
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First, a new study makes the case for why our solar system is special, why is it unique.
Today I announce a new plan to explore space and extend a human presence across our solar system.
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At SunPower, we are committed to drop the installed cost of a solar system by 50% by 2012.
But these are the first images of planets outside the Solar System, or exoplanets as they are called.
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