interplanetary space
Americannoun
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Previous computer simulations and analyses of meteorites found on Earth have shown that organic material can survive both ejection from a planet and the trip through interplanetary space.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
Meanwhile, an interplanetary space race between the U.S.,
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 30, 2026
This relentless high-speed flow of charged particles from the sun fills interplanetary space.
From Reuters ● Aug. 24, 2023
Solar sails have, of course, been built and successfully launched on proof-of-concept missions in both interplanetary space and low-Earth orbit.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 23, 2022
Newton noted that the matter in the tails of comets is dissipated in interplanetary space, lost to the comet and little by little attracted gravitationally to nearby planets.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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