Thesaurus results for PLANETS

planets

noun

plural of planet

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 Roman will investigate dark energy, map dark matter, and conduct the largest exoplanet census, discovering around 100,000 exoplanets, including rogue planets. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 But Roman’s sensitivity is such that the telescope is likely to bag even planets as small as the moon. — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2026 It’s expected to map billions of galaxies, finding thousands more planets and study black holes during its primary five-year mission. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026 New technology has proven him wrong — and Gauti expects Roman will find tons of planets that way. — Joe Palca, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026 The James Webb Space Telescope can see planets about 100,000 times dimmer than their star. — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026 Some types of planets may find their formation window closing sooner than others. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2026

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Seeing the world through old maps The Osher Map Library, at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, is home to half a million rare maps, globes and atlases, dating as far back as the 15th century.

— David Morgan, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
In another Amsterdam photo, a pair of identical world globes, recalling Ghirri’s passion for cartography and atlases, rest on matching supports to conjure that oldest of surrealist tropes, a pair of staring eyes.

— James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026

Definition of globes

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For the next 90 days, NASA teams will ready the Roman telescope for its five-year mission to study enigmatic phenomena like dark matter while hunting for habitable worlds beyond our solar system.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Observations with Roman’s coronagraph could unveil Jupiter-like planets around nearby stars and will guide the development of NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory, which will target smaller, more Earth-like worlds.

— Lee Billings, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of worlds

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And the movie’s also a super-teaming of the whole Spider-Man concept, clashing infinite earths of Spider-People together into a banter-y arachnoid squad.

— Darren Franich, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Aug. 2026
China imposed export restrictions on 10 US companies, including two rare-earths firms backed by Washington, marking the latest escalation in recent Sino-American trade tensions.

— Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 22 June 2026

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