as in globes
the celestial body on which we live
our collective responsibility to conserve the planet and its natural resources for future generations
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Recent Examples of planets
What’s the best way to watch parade of planets?
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Nathaniel Levine, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2026
California stargazers can soon witness a parade of six planets glowing in the night sky at the same time.
—Joshua Bessex, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Since about 10 percent of single stars host large planets, astronomers expected to find roughly 300 circumbinary planets.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
Based on the breakout indie horror game of the same name by David Szymanski, the story unfolds in a post-apocalyptic future following ‘The Quiet Rapture’, an event that causes stars and habitable planets to vanish.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
Even on cold planets far from their stars, liquid water can exist beneath thick ice layers, as subglacial lakes or through internal heating.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2026
No Man’s Sky uses the Superformula and L-systems to create 18 quintillion planets with unique terrain, flora and fauna.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
That makes this research applicable not just to Mars, but to planets orbiting other stars too, with the underlying idea of looking for habitable environments beyond our solar system.
—Jonathan O’Callaghan, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2025
In theory, those same (or analogous) conditions could occur elsewhere in the Universe as well, perhaps even ubiquitously if the conditions that existed on Earth billions of years ago exist on many other planets in the galaxy at present.
—Big Think, 10 Apr. 2025
Nathaniel Levine, Idaho Statesman, 31 Jan. 2026
California stargazers can soon witness a parade of six planets glowing in the night sky at the same time.
—Joshua Bessex, Sacbee.com, 31 Jan. 2026
Since about 10 percent of single stars host large planets, astronomers expected to find roughly 300 circumbinary planets.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Jan. 2026
Based on the breakout indie horror game of the same name by David Szymanski, the story unfolds in a post-apocalyptic future following ‘The Quiet Rapture’, an event that causes stars and habitable planets to vanish.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2026
Even on cold planets far from their stars, liquid water can exist beneath thick ice layers, as subglacial lakes or through internal heating.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 29 Jan. 2026
No Man’s Sky uses the Superformula and L-systems to create 18 quintillion planets with unique terrain, flora and fauna.
—Amir Husain, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
That makes this research applicable not just to Mars, but to planets orbiting other stars too, with the underlying idea of looking for habitable environments beyond our solar system.
—Jonathan O’Callaghan, JSTOR Daily, 10 Apr. 2025
In theory, those same (or analogous) conditions could occur elsewhere in the Universe as well, perhaps even ubiquitously if the conditions that existed on Earth billions of years ago exist on many other planets in the galaxy at present.
—Big Think, 10 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for planets
Noun
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Dancers execute choreography with four to as many as 50 hoops, creating intricate designs such as animals and globes.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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The sound globes rotated 340 degrees to project a cone of sound and could be tuned to re-create the environment in which the music was originally recorded—a concert hall, cathedral, nightclub, or opera house.—
Allison Marsh,
IEEE Spectrum,
24 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Scattered throughout the sellout crowd at the last worlds before the Milan Cortina Olympics were the equally conspicuous rainbow flags that for nearly 50 years have signified pride within the LGBTQ+ community.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
29 Jan. 2026
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Through a reassessment of habitable zone models and boundary calculations, this study expands the range of worlds considered potentially habitable, revealing new targets in the search for life.—
Victoria Corless,
Space.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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An emboldened Beijing tested American resolve again in October by expanding its restrictions on rare-earths exports.—
LAEL BRAINARD,
Foreign Affairs,
10 Nov. 2025
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Trump signed a rare-earths deal with Japan's new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi.—
Alexandra Hutzler,
ABC News,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Planets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/planets. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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