planetary system
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By studying drought as part of an interconnected planetary system rather than as isolated weather events, scientists can identify potential early warning regions before local droughts expand into broader crises.
From Science Daily • Mar. 5, 2026
"When we detect water -- or even its faint ultraviolet echo, OH -- from an interstellar comet, we're reading a note from another planetary system," said Dennis Bodewits, professor of physics at Auburn.
From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 2026
With a mass similar to Saturn, the researchers suggest that it most likely formed within a planetary system rather than developing on its own like a small star or brown dwarf.
From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2026
"Super puff planets are fairly rare, and when they do occur, they tend to be the only one in a planetary system," Libby-Roberts said.
From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024
Similarly, Ptolemy had demonstrated that no homocentric planetary system could account for the observed phenomena, but philosophers were still trying to produce such a system well into the sixteenth century.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
