extrasolar
adjective
ex·tra·so·lar
ˌek-strə-ˈsō-lər 
-ˌlär
: originating or existing outside the solar system
extrasolar planets
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But, more crucially, even with our best telescopes these extrasolar intraterrestrials may never be readily detectable.
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
That's the theory of a team of researchers who looked at hundreds of extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, observed by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 July 2025
While estimates for the amount of guidance in existence or birthed yearly may not be as speculative as extrasolar planetary life, the magnitude remains bathed in the radiation of indifference.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Places like Jupiter’s moon Europa’s and Saturn’s Moon Enceladus’ subsurface oceans and all extrasolar planets remain practically unreachable.
—Daniel Apai, Space.com, 15 June 2025
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Bruce Dorminey, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025
That's the theory of a team of researchers who looked at hundreds of extrasolar planets, or exoplanets, observed by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 July 2025
While estimates for the amount of guidance in existence or birthed yearly may not be as speculative as extrasolar planetary life, the magnitude remains bathed in the radiation of indifference.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
Places like Jupiter’s moon Europa’s and Saturn’s Moon Enceladus’ subsurface oceans and all extrasolar planets remain practically unreachable.
—Daniel Apai, Space.com, 15 June 2025
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“Extrasolar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/extrasolar. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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