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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But for more than 20 years, Nolan carried this vision through Gotham, through outer space, through Los Alamos.
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Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026
But with an influx of IPO cash, SpaceX will have plenty of money to advance Musk’s grand ambitions in outer space, from bolstering existing Starlink satellite internet service to building orbital data centers , and taking humans to Mars.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 9 May 2026
And after a long, and at times deadly, development campaign, the company reached outer space (defined, somewhat controversially, as an altitude of 80 km and above) in December 2018.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
Not bad for a silly movie about killer worms from outer space.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 May 2026
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Eliana Dockterman, Time, 12 May 2026
But with an influx of IPO cash, SpaceX will have plenty of money to advance Musk’s grand ambitions in outer space, from bolstering existing Starlink satellite internet service to building orbital data centers , and taking humans to Mars.
—Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 9 May 2026
And after a long, and at times deadly, development campaign, the company reached outer space (defined, somewhat controversially, as an altitude of 80 km and above) in December 2018.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
Not bad for a silly movie about killer worms from outer space.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 May 2026
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“Outer space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outer%20space. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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