interplanetary
adjective
in·ter·plan·e·tary
ˌin-tər-ˈpla-nə-ˌter-ē 
: existing, carried on, or operating between planets
interplanetary dust
an interplanetary flight
interplanetary spacecraft
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Bracketing his interest in interplanetary communication, this impasse means everything to Chaplin; her expansive claims for the Franklin stove’s importance click into place.
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Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Various interplanetary spacecraft can use the specific positioning of planets to perform gravity assists, effectively slingshotting them with a speed boost toward their final destination.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Even assuming that life’s menu of nutrients is identical across the cosmos, however, other hurdles remain before this method could manifest in some sort of measuring device on an actual interplanetary astrobiology mission.
—Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2025
First the festivals, then New York and L.A., then the world would bear witness to her childhood fears, her daily passions and frustrations, her minutely observed existence, all tastefully packaged within, for instance, a buddy comedy or an interplanetary embezzlement plot.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Various interplanetary spacecraft can use the specific positioning of planets to perform gravity assists, effectively slingshotting them with a speed boost toward their final destination.
—Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Even assuming that life’s menu of nutrients is identical across the cosmos, however, other hurdles remain before this method could manifest in some sort of measuring device on an actual interplanetary astrobiology mission.
—Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2025
First the festivals, then New York and L.A., then the world would bear witness to her childhood fears, her daily passions and frustrations, her minutely observed existence, all tastefully packaged within, for instance, a buddy comedy or an interplanetary embezzlement plot.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Interplanetary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interplanetary. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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