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The solar system consists of the Sun and everything that orbits, or travels around, the Sun. This includes the eight planets and their moons, dwarf planets, and countless asteroids, comets, and other small, icy objects. However, even with all these things, most of the solar system is empty space.

No spacecraft has gone farther than NASA's Voyager 1. Launched in 1977 to fly by Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in August 2012 and continues to collect data. Voyager 1 and its sister ship Voyager 2 have been flying longer than any other spacecraft in history.

The Short Answer: Beyond our solar system lies the Oort cloud. The Oort cloud is made of icy pieces of space debris the sizes of mountains and sometimes even larger. The Oort cloud is where some comets come from. Where does the solar system end?

Exoplanets are planets beyond our own solar system. Thousands have been discovered in the past two decades, mostly with NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. These worlds come in a huge variety of sizes and orbits.

The solar system consists of the Sun and everything that orbits, or travels around, the Sun. This includes the eight planets and their moons, dwarf planets, and countless asteroids, comets, and other small, icy objects. However, even with all these things, most of the solar system is empty space.

So, in our Solar System, Neptune is the furthest planet from the Earth, but exoplanets – planets beyond our solar system – are now also known to exist.

No spacecraft has gone farther than NASA's Voyager 1. Launched in 1977 to fly by Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in August 2012 and continues to collect data. Voyager 1 and its sister ship Voyager 2 have been flying longer than any other spacecraft in history.

Based on where the planets end, you could say it's Neptune and the Kuiper Belt. If you measure by edge of the Sun's magnetic fields, the end is the heliosphere. If you judge by the stopping point of Sun's gravitational influence, the solar system would end at the Oort Cloud.

Exoplanets are planets beyond our own solar system. Thousands have been discovered in the past two decades, mostly with NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. These worlds come in a huge variety of sizes and orbits. Some are gigantic planets hugging close to their parent stars; others are icy, some rocky.

Beyond our Solar System is interstellar medium and more stars along with their star systems. Interstellar medium is the vacuum of space between different star systems, although the space is not actually an empty vacuum. It has dust and other particles in it in addition to cosmic rays and magnetic fields.

The Short Answer: Beyond our solar system lies the Oort cloud. The Oort cloud is made of icy pieces of space debris the sizes of mountains and sometimes even larger. The Oort cloud is where some comets come from. Where does the solar system end?

Exoplanets are planets beyond our own solar system. Thousands have been discovered in the past two decades, mostly with NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. These worlds come in a huge variety of sizes and orbits.

So, in our Solar System, Neptune is the furthest planet from the Earth, but exoplanets – planets beyond our solar system – are now also known to exist.

Based on where the planets end, you could say it's Neptune and the Kuiper Belt. If you measure by edge of the Sun's magnetic fields, the end is the heliosphere. If you judge by the stopping point of Sun's gravitational influence, the solar system would end at the Oort Cloud.

Exoplanets are planets beyond our own solar system. Thousands have been discovered in the past two decades, mostly with NASA's Kepler Space Telescope. These worlds come in a huge variety of sizes and orbits. Some are gigantic planets hugging close to their parent stars; others are icy, some rocky.

Beyond our Solar System is interstellar medium and more stars along with their star systems. Interstellar medium is the vacuum of space between different star systems, although the space is not actually an empty vacuum. It has dust and other particles in it in addition to cosmic rays and magnetic fields.