planetary science

noun

planetary scientist noun

Examples of planetary science in a Sentence

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Rights & Permissions Lee Billings is a science journalist specializing in astronomy, physics, planetary science, and spaceflight, and is a senior editor at Scientific American. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 May 2025 The discovery of its over-spilling cauldrons of lava is one of the most famous tales in planetary science, as they were predicted to exist before they were discovered. Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025 Bennett, now a graduate student in the department of Earth, environmental and planetary sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, applied for a summer internship at John Day in 2022. Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 25 Apr. 2025 President Donald Trump’s administration has removed NASA’s top scientist and proposed a nearly 50% budget cut to the agency’s Science Mission Directorate, which oversees planetary science, astrophysics research and more. Orlando Sentinel and Chicago Tribune Editorial Boards, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for planetary science

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First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of planetary science was in 1969

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“Planetary science.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/planetary%20science. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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