below zero
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That makes TOI-199b far milder than hot Jupiters, while also being dramatically warmer than the frozen gas giants in our own solar system, where temperatures can plunge hundreds of degrees below zero.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
Readings above zero indicate expansion, while those below zero show contraction.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
With his breath condensing in clouds in temperatures double figures below zero, a foreman summed the attitude that is common here, when I asked him why Russia was attacking them.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
“If we go for a walk, he’s a captive audience, but it’s been below zero here. So sometimes, I’ll interrupt ‘Jeopardy,’” she said.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 10, 2026
Blizzards came and the temperatures dropped to thirty and forty below zero, and those who stayed at hunting camp spoke only in Eskimo and did only Eskimo things.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
