planetary
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Turtle and Lorenz are seasoned hands in the planetary science world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Astronomers are still working to understand why this swept-up gas forms such complicated arrangements of rings and shells, structures that are commonly seen in planetary nebulae.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 12, 2026
It’s considered in the climate community to be the likeliest proposal for offsetting about 1 degree Celsius of planetary warming that computer models attribute to accumulated emissions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
It is a dream moment for planetary scientists because it lets them test their models of how impacts dig out craters, throw debris across the surface, and send tremors through the Moon's interior.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Kepler, reasoning from astrology, dated the moment of transition to 1563: the great planetary conjunction of that year had transformed the world of learning; certainly it had led to a flood of astrological publications.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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