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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Ever since, the spacecraft has been zipping into the abyss of space, and on August 25, 2012, Voyager 1 became the first spacecraft to enter interstellar space, crossing the heliopause, which is the boundary where the sun's influence ends.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
To date, scientists have detected more than 200 kinds (opens a new tab) of organic molecules in interstellar space.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
The probes, which continue to travel billions of miles away, have both reached interstellar space – Voyager 1 in 2012 and Voyager 2 in 2018, according to NASA.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
After completing their initial mission surveys of the solar system’s gas giants in the 1980’s, NASA turned off multiple instruments that weren’t useful to either probe in interstellar space.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2024
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
To date, scientists have detected more than 200 kinds (opens a new tab) of organic molecules in interstellar space.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 13 Nov. 2024
The probes, which continue to travel billions of miles away, have both reached interstellar space – Voyager 1 in 2012 and Voyager 2 in 2018, according to NASA.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2024
After completing their initial mission surveys of the solar system’s gas giants in the 1980’s, NASA turned off multiple instruments that weren’t useful to either probe in interstellar space.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Interstellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interstellar. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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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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