planetary

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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

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

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 Moon has got the same elements in it that we have here on Earth," says Prof Sara Russell, a planetary scientist at the Natural History Museum.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

Back in January 1684, after a meeting of the Royal Society, Halley had fallen into conversation with Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke about planetary orbits.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin