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planetary

[plan-i-ter-ee] / ˈplæn ɪˌtɛr i /


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Later, you can watch Gurney charging into planetary battle holding — what’s this? — a sweet-looking pug.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The findings could influence several important areas of planetary science.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

Methane, the main component of natural gas, is the second-largest cause of global warming behind carbon dioxide -- responsible for about a third, or 0.5C, of total planetary heating since the pre-industrial era.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

"Caleb resurrected a statistical technique from a bygone era," said co-author Jacques Gauthier, a professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Yale and curator-in-charge for vertebrate paleontology at the Peabody Museum.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

The bigger asteroidal pieces, along with the comets, are mainly responsible for the recent craters on planetary surfaces.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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