planet
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As a woman tells Mew, “the planet teeters on the brink of an appalling and irreversible alteration.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
Scientists fear it will exacerbate the heat of a planet already warming from burning fossil fuels, while amping up weather extremes.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
In this study, however, Gapp and his colleagues allowed the signal to vary over time as the planet rotated.
From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026
“We don’t live on the moon. We live on planet Earth, and we try to do our best.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
The asteroid’s impact blasted debris high into the atmosphere, creating a blanket of soot that blocked sunlight and caused the planet to cool by a global average of fifteen degrees Fahrenheit.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
Vocabulary lists containing planet
Space Science (Astronomy) - Introductory
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Earth and the Solar System - Middle School
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Earth and the Solar System - Introductory
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