orbiting

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Instead, they measure subtle changes in brightness from the combined light of the star and the orbiting planet as it moves.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

Moving beyond studies of atmospheres, this work focuses on the geology of planets orbiting other stars, offering deeper insight into their nature.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

Positronium is a short-lived, two-body system made up of an electron and a positron bound together and orbiting a shared center of mass.

From Science Daily • Apr. 28, 2026

Witness the Pentagon’s urgency to relocate Awacs-like functions from manned aircraft to orbiting platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

In these, the region would stop collapsing because individual parts of the galaxy would be orbiting stably round its center, but the galaxy would have no overall rotation.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking