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extrasolar
[ ek-struh-soh-ler ]
/ ˌɛk strəˈsoʊ lər /
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adjective
outside, or originating outside, the sun or the solar system.
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They were also able to teach the AI to sift through thousands of abstracts to identify both low- and high-impact areas from two- and three-word topic phrases like “planetary system” or “extrasolar planet.”
This AI could predict 10 years of scientific priorities—if we let it|Tatyana Woodall|September 20, 2021|MIT Technology ReviewThe first transiting extrasolar planet revealed itself in 1999, when then-Harvard graduate student David Charbonneau drove to Colorado to do his thesis work with astronomer Tim Brown.
A century of astronomy revealed Earth’s place in the universe|Lisa Grossman|July 21, 2021|Science NewsIf he was right and the Fuzzies were declared the 9th extrasolar sapient race, there went the Company, charter and all!
Talents, Incorporated|William Fitzgerald Jenkins“Which may be the ninth extrasolar sapient race,” Rainsford added.
Little Fuzzy|Henry Beam Piper
British Dictionary definitions for extrasolar
extrasolar
/ (ˌɛkstrəˈsəʊlə) /
adjective
occurring or existing beyond the earth's solar system
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