Meteoric material dates the formation of the solar system at about <u>4.6 billion</u> years ago
The solar system was formed from a dense cloud of interstellar gas and dust called the solar nebula about 4.53 and 4.58 billion years ago. It could collapse, possibly due to the shockwave of a nearby exploding star called supernova.
<h3>What is the solar system?</h3>
The solar system is the gravitationally bound system of the sun, the objects that orbit it or travel around the sun. It consists of an average star (sun), the planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto) and their moons, dwarf planets and countless asteroids, comets, and other small icy objects.
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