planetary system
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"What's so exciting is that we're seeing a preview of what will become a very normal planetary system," says John Livingston, the study's lead author from the Astrobiology Center in Tokyo, Japan.
From Science Daily • Jan. 31, 2026
The collisions occurred in the planetary system surrounding the star Fomalhaut, located about 25 light-years from Earth in the Piscis Austrinus constellation.
From Science Daily • Jan. 1, 2026
An unusual planetary system with three known ultra-low density "super-puff" planets has at least one more planet, according to new research led by researchers from Penn State and Osaka University.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
But that doesn’t mean scientists aren't making do with what they have, while revealing how truly weird this planetary system is.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2024
Or perhaps they will merely pick up and leave for Mars or Europa or Titan or, at last, as Robert Goddard envisioned, seek out an uninhabited planet in some young and promising planetary system.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
