extrasolar

adjective

ex·tra·so·lar ˌek-strə-ˈsō-lər

-ˌlär

: originating or existing outside the solar system

extrasolar planets

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In contrast, Venus-like planets on the inner edge of extrasolar habitable zones are thought to have what is known as stagnant lid geophysics in which there is no systematic carbon recycling of the planet’s atmosphere. —

Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 The first convincing evidence of an extrasolar planet or an exoplanet was only confirmed fairly recently, 1995. —

Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024 The crux of the idea is to use future space- and ground-based telescopes, hopefully as soon as next decade, to take high resolution spectra of water vapor in an extrasolar earth’s atmosphere. —

Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024 The goal is to draw conclusions about just how the protoplanetary disk’s magnetism (the unseen physical phenomena that arise fromthe motion of electric charges) shaped the architecture of both our own solar system as well as extrasolar solar systems. —

Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for extrasolar