planetary

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Noah Petro, head of NASA's planetary geology lab, told AFP that the Moon will look to the astronauts "about the size of a basketball held at arm's length."

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

This suggests that electrical activity driven by dust, lightning, or energetic particles may play a broader role in shaping planetary environments.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

Part of the museum’s expansive textile collection, Rosalena’s 27-foot-long tapestry is woven with hand-weaving patterns using satellite images the artist distorted from planetary terrains from Mars and Earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

The vast, oceanic, planetary gobs of money to build out AI, which investors were supposed to provide without immediate return, will have to come from somebody else—actual customers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

He drifted about, with no ties of affection, with no ambitions, like a wandering star in Úrsula's planetary system.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez