Word: planet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Admittedly, we have gained knowledge about our planet and our solar system, but the question is by no means settled as to whether we could have accomplished the same using robot craft...
Well, he reflected later, the planet can no longer sustain the luxury of pure wild walking, which may in any case carry a certain taint of the elitist or the narcissist, a demand for virginity. (Americans and Europeans have always liked to think of themselves as the first white men ever to have walked into some wild place...
bombards the planet with radiation and particles, causing unusually brilliant auroras, communications blackouts and power failures. But it also gives scientists a fresh opportunity to solve some of the mysteries surrounding the star that provides the earth with energy, drives the weather and sustains life itself...
Schwabe had been searching for the hypothetical planet Vulcan, supposedly the closest one to the sun, hoping to spot it in silhouette as it moved across the solar disk. In the process, he observed and kept meticulous records of sunspots over a 17-year period. Finally, in 1843, he recognized and announced the eleven-year cyclic nature of the spots and wrote, "I may compare myself to Saul, who went to seek his father's ass and found a Kingdom...
SHOW BUSINESS: Can Hollywood save the planet...