How to Use interplanetary in a Sentence
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But in the scope of interplanetary physics, the two bodies are quite close.
—David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 13 Jan. 2022
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Naraoka believes the seeds of life found on Ryugu could spread through the universe as interplanetary dust.
—Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 15 Mar. 2022
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The ultimate goal of this interplanetary relay is to bring samples of Mars rock to Earth for the first time ever.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2022
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This substance, which is integral to the function of the interplanetary system, can only be found in the deserts of the planet called Dune.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 21 Oct. 2021
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The films are based on Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel of the same name, which takes place in a future entrenched in interplanetary warfare.
—Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 28 Feb. 2024
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The idea of building a base to colonize Mars and become an interplanetary species has seen decades of talk and not a whole lot of action, but now at least there’s plan.
—Amber Jorgenson, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2018
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The series, set 40 years in the future, saw Hugh Laurie as the captain of a luxury interplanetary cruise ship that gets knocked off course.
—Ashley Boucher, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2023
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Sez Me: Elon Musk thinks interplanetary thoughts with his billions.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2022
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Lost in the Solar System will take the audience on an interplanetary field trip led by Ms. Frizzle.
—Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 2023
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The mission carries more cameras than any interplanetary mission in history, with 19 on the rover and four on other parts of the spacecraft.
—Julia Musto, Fox News, 19 Feb. 2021
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There was, of course, much more international—and even interplanetary—ire to spread around.
—Leonard David, Scientific American, 11 Mar. 2022
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That last train was perhaps the busiest period ever seen for interplanetary travel—three uncrewed Mars missions were launched last summer in the space of two weeks.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 3 Sep. 2021
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SpaceX says that Starship will be able to carry up to 100 people on long-duration, interplanetary flights.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 2 May 2023
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Solar sails have, of course, been built and successfully launched on proof-of-concept missions in both interplanetary space and low-Earth orbit.
—Steven Ashley, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2022
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If Beck’s vision comes true, Rocket Lab would be the first company to launch a private interplanetary mission.
—Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 18 Sep. 2020
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In lieu of Swift, astronomers used an interplanetary fleet of spacecraft (including probes at Mars and Mercury) to pinpoint the burst’s position.
—Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
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The second is a coronal mass ejection, or a large release of plasma into interplanetary space.
—Jon Kelvey, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2023
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But astronomers think that most asteroids are piles of rock bound together with a kind of interplanetary cement.
—Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2023
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The debris comes from SpaceX’s first interplanetary mission seven years ago.
—Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 27 Jan. 2022
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But he is made for the moment, having had a sympathetic history with the Skrulls, a shape-shifting race of interplanetary refugees, and back on terra firma.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
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By contrast, Sunday’s set from the Sun Ra Arkestra employed a stageful of musicians to bring the late composer’s interplanetary music to life.
—Benjamin Stas, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2022
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All this adds up to a remarkable piece of interplanetary detective work.
—Discover Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
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And many of these launches will be the Starship refueling tankers needed to make the interplanetary trip possible.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2024
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But the authors note that this is likely not to resemble the reality of such space colonies constructed in interplanetary space.
—Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 24 Apr. 2022
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The complex building blocks of life could have been created on interplanetary dust and then carried to Earth as part of a comet or asteroid that crashed into its surface, goes the theory.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
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James said six instruments designed to explore secrets of interplanetary space throughout the journey are working and sending clear signals to the earth.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2021
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Geomagnetic storms are large disturbances in the Earth's magnetic field caused by changes in the solar wind and the structure of the interplanetary magnetic field.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 12 Oct. 2021
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Those shortcomings were the basis for the failure of Russia’s last major robotic interplanetary probe, Phobos-Grunt, in 2011.
—Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2023
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Customers will spend thousands of dollars to mingle with interplanetary species and get involved in intrigue pitting the First Order against the Resistance and their allied camps.
—Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Mar. 2022
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Neither of those movies is long on wish fulfillment, which is kind of like having a superhero movie where people solve interplanetary crises by negotiating.
—Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 1 May 2024
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