planetary
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He added: "The clock is ticking if we want to halt the worst effects of planetary warming but there is still time."
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
This event is known as a planetary conjunction.
From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026
As telescopes become more powerful, astronomers continue discovering increasingly unusual planetary systems across the galaxy.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Multiple planetary embryos emerge at roughly the same time and gradually evolve over millions of years into full planets.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Extrapolation of the statistics of double stars which are greatly disparate in mass suggests that almost all single stars like the Sun should have planetary companions.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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