planetary

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“We don’t know because it’s never been done at a planetary scale before,” Webb says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

This suggests that electrical activity driven by dust, lightning, or energetic particles may play a broader role in shaping planetary environments.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

The Moon will appear to the astronauts "about the size of a basketball held at arm's length," Noah Petro, head of NASA's planetary geology lab, told AFP.

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

"The Moon has got the same elements in it that we have here on Earth," says Prof Sara Russell, a planetary scientist at the Natural History Museum.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

He repeatedly found that the observed planetary motions could not be explained in this way, and repeatedly tried again.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan