planet
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In a long career before his death in August, at the age of 92, the agrarian writer Wendell Berry argued that modern agriculture was decimating family farms, hollowing out rural communities and poisoning the planet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
Earth's outer shell is divided into enormous tectonic plates that slowly move across the planet.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
The prize was founded by William to "celebrate and scale the solutions that will repair our planet".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
But the stakes could not be higher, Guterres said at the event on Friday, describing an unrelenting "war on nature" that threatened the very livability of the planet for future generations.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
And if they saved the polar bears, maybe they could save the planet too.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Over time, some of these growing bodies became asteroids and planets.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
The discovery offers a new way to understand the atmospheric conditions of distant worlds and could help astronomers investigate planets far beyond our Solar System.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
Brown dwarfs occupy an unusual place between planets and stars.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
WASP-17b belongs to a class of planets known as 'hot Jupiters', enormous gas giants that orbit close to their host stars and experience intense heating.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
A handful who get to live on two planets.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
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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