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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Auroras can be caused by geomagnetic storms resulting from coronal mass ejections from the sun, or also result from something called interplanetary shocks.
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David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
The researchers also found that the geomagnetic storms caused by interplanetary shocks tended to happen around magnetic midnight, a time when the Earth's North Pole was between Mäntsälä and the Sun.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 10 July 2024
The Philly horn happy party outfit continues to branch out on its latest single, which leans into interplanetary Parliament-Funkadelic funk.
—Tribune News Service, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
But as those neutrinos traversed 93 million miles of interplanetary nothingness, some of them changed into muon-neutrinos or tau-neutrinos.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 11 June 2024
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David Faris, Newsweek, 10 July 2024
The researchers also found that the geomagnetic storms caused by interplanetary shocks tended to happen around magnetic midnight, a time when the Earth's North Pole was between Mäntsälä and the Sun.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 10 July 2024
The Philly horn happy party outfit continues to branch out on its latest single, which leans into interplanetary Parliament-Funkadelic funk.
—Tribune News Service, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
But as those neutrinos traversed 93 million miles of interplanetary nothingness, some of them changed into muon-neutrinos or tau-neutrinos.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 11 June 2024
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“Interplanetary.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interplanetary. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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