planetary
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They were worried about El Niño, a planetary dance of weather phenomena that starts with spiking heat in the Pacific and deals out drought and floods across continents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
By surveying large regions of the sky, Roman is expected to give researchers a powerful new way to study the history and structure of the universe while also expanding our understanding of distant planetary systems.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026
Turtle and Lorenz are seasoned hands in the planetary science world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2026
Dr. Licia Ray of Lancaster University said: "This result allows us to move forward with new and improved theories on how planetary magnetospheres interact with the solar wind."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 10, 2026
Some stars may be surrounded by millions of lifeless and rocky worldlets, planetary systems frozen at some early stage in their evolution.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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