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Adjective
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Phones with the app downloaded were listed for sale at astronomical prices.—
Hank Sanders,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025 -
This type of astronomical lineup is fairly common, but what makes this month's planetary parade extraordinary is the number of visible bright planets, including Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Venus, which doesn't happen every year.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The name itself doesn’t tell you a whole lot, invoking something broad – the celestial sky, or the cosmologies that we humans tell ourselves to explain the origins of everything.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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There’s something so ethereal, celestial, Pure Moods about the imagery accompanying Daryl Hannah’s breathy little nursery rhyme.—
Rebecca Alter,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
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Unlike fainter interstellar sights such as the northern lights, the brightest planets are visible even in light-polluted cities.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Outside Online,
15 Jan. 2025
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To date, scientists have detected more than 200 kinds of organic molecules in interstellar space.—
Elise Cutts,
WIRED,
22 Dec. 2024
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“Starlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starlike. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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