planet
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The senators thought the matter off-limits—it was under government review—and steered the witness back to the day’s subject: heavy lift, the blunt problem of getting big things off the planet.
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
In this study, however, Gapp and his colleagues allowed the signal to vary over time as the planet rotated.
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
Sergei Korolev, the brilliant rocket scientist behind Sputnik and Yuri Gagarin’s flight, had long dreamed of sending an unmanned probe to the red planet.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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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