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“And I think perhaps describing it in terms of tonnage to orbit is a good way to appreciate the magnitude of the impact Starship will have on the future of civilization.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

He came into the Whigs orbit behind the board for 2017’s “In Spades” and by 2022’s “How Do You Burn?,” he was co-producing.

From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026

Markle quickly found herself in the beloved “bad boy” Royal’s orbit — including the tireless swarm of tabloids and paparazzi who have captured almost his every move from childhood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

During a repeating partial TDE, the star's surviving core remains in orbit and returns for additional close encounters, shedding more material each time.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026

I stared out the window as we did one complete orbit.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

Einstein's theory of general relativity predicted that a spinning black hole would drag spacetime along with it, twisting it in a way that changes the orbits of the surrounding stars.

From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026

Because the satellites travel in carefully coordinated orbits, they can separate magnetic signals coming from the core from signals produced by the crust, oceans, ionosphere and magnetosphere.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 7, 2026

As a result, the resonance acts like an escape route from the main asteroid belt, pushing objects into elongated orbits that cross the paths of planets.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 18, 2026

For instance, G 203-47's red dwarf rotates once every 100 or so days, but orbits its white dwarf every 14.9 days, meaning they are not tidally synced.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

It knows that Mars also orbits the sun.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga

Back in 1968, Apollo 8 orbited the Moon 10 times without landing.

From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026

Instead, huge amounts of rock and dust were passing in front of the star as they orbited the system, partially blocking the light traveling toward Earth.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2026

Among the many faulty narratives that orbited out of the government, one asked us to consider the mental anguish suffered by these dispatched officers.

From Slate ● Feb. 12, 2026

The Sentinel-1 satellites that Peter uses orbited over Halley Bay, taking pictures of the ice sheet.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2024

When my ship reached Syrinx, I saw the twin moons, By-Tor and Snow Dog, that orbited the planet.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

The book expands outward, creating an enormous system of stories orbiting the sisters’ lives and legends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Astronaut Wally Schirra boarded the vessel wearing his personal Omega Speedmaster Professional, orbiting Earth six times over the course of nine hours.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Meteor showers happen when the Earth passes through trails of debris from asteroids or comets - a snowball of frozen rock and gas orbiting the Sun.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

While smaller space rocks frequently burn up in Earth's atmosphere, large orbiting rocks like asteroids are rarer.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

Once Copernicus had suggested that the earth was not the centre of the universe but a planet orbiting the sun, people were bound to puzzle over what sort of planet it could be.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton