planet
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That results in a small cooling effect for the planet, said Eloise Marais, an atmospheric chemist at University College London and one of the paper’s authors.
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
Because the planet rotates as it moves across the face of its star, changes in the signal over time correspond to different longitudes on the planet.
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
But it wasn’t just furniture and buildings that had shifted—when the Japan Trench ruptured, the shape of the entire planet changed.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
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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