interstellar
adjective
in·ter·stel·lar
ˌin-tər-ˈste-lər 
: located, taking place, or traveling among the stars especially of the Milky Way galaxy
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The inventory of small organic molecules that Rosetta detected so far in comet 67P mostly lines up with what scientists would expect of material inherited from molecular clouds in interstellar space.
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Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
The X-rays from Chandra (in red) show young, massive stars illuminating the wreath and sending high-energy light into interstellar space.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2024
In the time since, subsequent franchise installments have been set on an interstellar marine base, a prison colony, a primordial planet, and (in this year's Alien: Romulus) a mining colony and nearby space station, among other science-fiction settings.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
After a brief pause in communications with Voyager 1, NASA re-established a connection with the interstellar spacecraft located more than 15 billion miles away from Earth, using a frequency not used more than forty years.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Elise Cutts, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2024
The X-rays from Chandra (in red) show young, massive stars illuminating the wreath and sending high-energy light into interstellar space.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 20 Dec. 2024
In the time since, subsequent franchise installments have been set on an interstellar marine base, a prison colony, a primordial planet, and (in this year's Alien: Romulus) a mining colony and nearby space station, among other science-fiction settings.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
After a brief pause in communications with Voyager 1, NASA re-established a connection with the interstellar spacecraft located more than 15 billion miles away from Earth, using a frequency not used more than forty years.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Interstellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interstellar. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.
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interstellar
adjective
in·ter·stel·lar
ˌint-ər-ˈstel-ər
: located or taking place among the stars
interstellar space
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