planetary science

noun

: planetology

planetary scientist noun

Examples of planetary science in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bernhardt is an assistant research scientist in the department of geological, environmental and planetary sciences at the University of Maryland, College Park. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2026

Before his acceptance into NASA's 16th astronaut class in 1996, Fincke earned two bachelor's degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in aeronautics and astronautics as well as Earth science, atmospheric and planetary sciences. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2026

Cherubim recently earned his PhD in Earth and planetary sciences from Harvard University. — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 16 July 2026

The smallest planetary science missions, with budgets of less than $100 million, have a lousy track record. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 19 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1969, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for planetary science

• appliance
• compliance
• defiance
• reliance
• geoscience
• neuroscience
• noncompliance
• pseudoscience