How to Use solar system in a Sentence

solar system

noun
  • The solar system has one less comet.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • But the solar system is more like a pie of pizza.
    — Doris Elin Urrutia, Space.com, 8 June 2026
  • Our solar system is within one of the arms.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The ninth planet in our solar system, that is.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
  • All of the moons in our solar system are tidally locked with their planets!
    — Ray Petelin, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Want to see the planets of the solar system for yourself?
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • This quiz will take you on a tour of the solar system's most intriguing moons.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Europa might not be the best place to look for alien life in the solar system after all.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • All the solar system's large moons are tidally locked with their planets.
    — Ray Petelin, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
  • Take our solar system for instance.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 June 2026
  • Mars is the weirdest planet in the solar system.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Uranus is the weirdest planet in the solar system.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Jupiter is the weirdest planet in the solar system.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The hottest and sixth-largest planet in the solar system, Venus has no moons or rings.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The ecliptic is the plane of the solar system; all planets orbit the sun along it.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Want to get a closer look at Jupiter and the other worlds of the solar system?
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 27 May 2026
  • The ecliptic is the plane of the solar system and also the path of the sun through the daytime sky.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
  • Find out how these seven dates have helped learn more about the smallest planet in the solar system.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Each moon tells a different story about how our solar system formed and evolved.
    — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Evidence of this process has been seen elsewhere in the solar system.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Earth and the surrounding planets in our solar system were formed through the same process.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the solar system’s most distant comets can be very confusing.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Want to explore the planets of the solar system for yourself?
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Want to explore the wonders of the solar system for yourself?
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • This makes up the vast majority of the solar system’s space rocks.
    — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Want to take gorgeous images of solar system comets for yourself?
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The warps also mimic the tilts of the orbits of the planets in our solar system.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Every new piece of data offers a glimpse at the space beyond our solar system.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Jupiter's rotation is the fastest of all the solar system's planets.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The smallest planet in our solar system will appear white and will be low on the horizon.
    — Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026

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