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[prohb] / proʊb /




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This includes teams working with China's Einstein Probe and the National Science Foundation's Very Large Array, which is widely recognized from its appearance in the science fiction film Contact.

From Science Daily • Mar. 30, 2026

Van Allen Probe B is not expected to re-enter the Earth's atmosphere before 2030.

From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026

The Parker Solar Probe has flown within shouting distance of the sun.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

Fresnillo said Probe Gold has a resource base of 10 million ounces of gold, including 8 million ounces of gold at its flagship asset, Novador.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

Probe for the invisible cracks through which one might fall out of the white glass ball, and fall, and fall, and fall....An unrelaxable tension little by little took hold of all my muscles.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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