outer space
noun
: space immediately outside the earth's atmosphere
broadly
: interplanetary or interstellar space
Examples of outer space in a Sentence
a satellite in outer space
Is there life in outer space?
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New Atlas, 24 Feb. 2025
Axiom’s space paella was the José Andrés Group’s first segue into feeding people in outer space.
—Sarah Miller, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2025
What transpires is likely a heart-wrenching, multi-branching story of precarious life in the capitalist ruins of outer space, told with the kind of literary flair that Damian Martin has made their calling card in recent years.
—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
If in ‘Star Wars’ people were having incredible battles in outer space, Japanese directors were ripping tatami mats and fingernails apart.
—Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for outer space
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“Outer space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outer%20space. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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