extrasolar
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of extrasolar
Example Sentences
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"The variability of extrasolar planets is just enormous," Muñoz said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2025
And unlike many extrasolar discoveries, this object was not found through indirect methods — the subtle wobbling of a star revealing the presence of an orbiting planet, for example.
From New York Times ● Jul. 23, 2021
But we already know our world is easily detectable by extrasolar observers.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 1, 2021
Keck was to have studied the extrasolar planet at the same time as the Hubble Space Telescope and a telescope on board the International Space Station.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 10, 2019
Leave the solar system and start looking for an extrasolar Earthlike planet.”
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
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