alien planet
Distant orbiting world
A planet outside Earth's solar system, especially one imagined as potentially harboring life or serving as a setting for science fiction.
The phrase emphasizes otherworldliness and distance: The rover sent back images of the alien planet's barren landscape.
In casual use, alien planet can describe any world strikingly different from Earth: With its sulfuric atmosphere, Venus might as well be an alien planet.
- extraterrestrialBeing from outer space
- outer spaceVacuum beyond Earth's atmosphere
- spaceshipVehicle for interplanetary travel
- craterImpact or volcanic basin
- atmosphereGaseous layer around planets
moons · distant · unexplored · barren · hostile · hostile environment · colonize · terraforming · science fiction · orbit · starship · space exploration · first contact · lifeform · gravity · desolate · otherworldly · landscape
- imaginary worldsdreamland, fairyland, wonderland, fantasy realm, dream world
- Sci-Fi Settingsspace station, spaceship, starship, moon base, Mars colony
- space fictionscience fiction, spaceship, sci-fi, astronaut, space adventure
- space operaStar Wars, Star Trek, Dune, hyperspace, lightsaber
- future worldsdystopia, utopia, megacity, Mars colony, cyberpunk
- origin storieslab accident, mutation, tragic backstory, gamma radiation, lightning strike
alien, planet, aliens, alienate, alienated, alienation, alienating, alienable, inalienable