How to Use outer space in a Sentence

outer space

noun
  • Is there life in outer space?
  • An alien symbiote is a creature from outer space who when on Earth requires a human host to survive.
    BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2021
  • But while the payload itself may be shrouded in secrecy, its launch into outer space was anything but.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 30 July 2024
  • William Shatner was in great spirits after returning home from outer space!
    Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Eleven films later, and the saga has taken all manner of globe-trotting twists and turns, tackling terrorism and even going into outer space.
    Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 6 Sep. 2024
  • William Shatner’s brief trip to outer space this week wasn’t the final frontier in his grudge match with former co-star George Takei.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Among the topics discussed: the fate of the planet, a book about a housefly in outer space and the disposition of a certain check for $50 million.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 July 2024
  • Some kids dream of becoming President of the United States or going into outer space.
    Celia Shatzman, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The launch comes as China ramps up its commercial space sector as part of Beijing’s broader bid to cement its place as a dominant power in outer space.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
  • This was likely to happen anyway because existing radars and satellites aren’t designed to detect hypersonic gliders flying high in the atmosphere rather than in outer space.
    Michael Peck, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
  • More people have been to outer space than to this depth of the ocean.
    Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 19 June 2023
  • The changes may help the brain adapt to the weightlessness of outer space.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The Earth is struck by objects from outer space up to 50 times a day.
    David Szondy, New Atlas, 17 July 2024
  • Neil likens the feeling to that of pondering the vastness of outer space.
    Robert Moor, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
  • All the while, the stories in those comic books stuck — and over the decades, his passion for outer space has, too.
    Elissa Miolene, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Back in 2020 it was revealed that the actor was planning to film a movie in outer space.
    Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • Not the facts, not the rights and the lefts, not the plots, which could take place in outer space or in hell or anywhere in between, but the feelings.
    Ellen Akins, Washington Post, 20 May 2022
  • Lovers of all things outer space will flip for this glowing stunt drone that looks like a retro UFO.
    Jessica Hartshorn and Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Tintin's adventures took him across the globe, from the US to Sydney and even outer space.
    Hannah Ryan, CNN, 6 Feb. 2022
  • And both seem to be taking place deep in the holler, somewhere near a swampland and in outer space all at once.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Aug. 2022
  • In the film, Mescal plays Junior, a rural Midwestern farmer who gets the chance to live in outer space.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The list of watch brands with experience in outer space just got longer.
    Carol Besler, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • Here's a look at the most dazzling images taken from outer space so far in 2024.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The book features an outer space theme and a story about finding home.
    Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 8 June 2024
  • What better way to get the creative juices flowing than a standup on top of a mountain or in outer space?
    Jo Eyre, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Lana Condor and Cole Sprouse are finding love… up in outer space.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Ever heard the theory that life came to Earth from outer space, hitching a ride on a comet?
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • William Shatner's trip to outer space left him with mixed emotions.
    Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2022
  • To be more specific, by bringing the magic of outer space back down to earth.
    Andy Meek, BGR, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Anyone who is jonesing to explore outer space will need a good backpack for the journey.
    Kylee McGuigan, Popular Mechanics, 12 Dec. 2022

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