The goal of the Stardust-NExT spacecraft is to gather scientific evidence about one of the solar system's most changeable objects -- comets.

VOA: special.2011.02.09

Some scientists have called Jupiter the protector of the inner planets and our own Earth -- from objects from the outer solar system.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

The exhibit shows detailed and colorful images of solar system objects including Mars.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

Certainly, what the Cassini data has done is thrust Enceladus up the interest index of objects in the Solar System that demand further investigation.

BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Saturn moon delights and baffles

The first is of all the objects in the solar system, Mars is the most likely object for life, other than the Earth.

NPR: Revisiting the Viking Missions to Mars

The suburbs of the solar system are filled with small, icy objects, including Pluto.

NPR: Pluto, the Un-Planet?