planet
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This technique allows astronomers to study starlight that passes through a planet's atmosphere while the planet moves across the face of its star from the telescope's point of view.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
“It is the most profitable technology company on the planet, deploying surplus capital into an ecosystem it helped create, and collecting extraordinary returns along the way.”
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
When Ben Rice began his junior year at Dartmouth, he wasn’t thinking about the major-league draft or a future as one of the most fearsome sluggers on the planet.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
"That makes this an inside-out system, with a planet order of rocky-gaseous-gaseous-and then rocky again. Rocky planets don't usually form so far away from their home star," says Thomas.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
A hologram of the three-tiered waterfalls I’d seen on the planet pours from the mountain.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
Vocabulary lists containing planet
Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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Earth and the Solar System - Middle School
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Earth and the Solar System - Introductory
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