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planetary

[plan-i-ter-ee] / ˈplæn ɪˌtɛr i /


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The Kent Kresa Space Gallery will feature a wide array of spacecraft, planetary probes, telescopes and more.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

"In summary, these results suggest a very carbon-rich, oxygen-poor planetary atmosphere."

From Science Daily • Apr. 6, 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 vast, oceanic, planetary gobs of money to build out AI, which investors were supposed to provide without immediate return, will have to come from somebody else—actual customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

Extrapolation of the statistics of double stars which are greatly disparate in mass suggests that almost all single stars like the Sun should have planetary companions.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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