planet

Example Sentences

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Taken from close to the lunar surface, it showed our planet rising in the distance.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

It shows two auroras as the Earth eclipses the Sun, and the planet Venus glowing at the bottom of the image.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Both El Niño and its counterpart La Niña are natural shifts in global weather patterns, primarily focused on Pacific Ocean temperatures, but they can impact the whole planet.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

"Enceladus itself is a key driver of this environment, releasing huge amounts of water vapor that gets ionized, loading the magnetosphere with heavy plasma that is then pulled around as the planet spins."

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

They look like they’d sooner belong on the Firestride planet than they would back home.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy