as in celestial
existing or occurring between stars
the vastness of interstellar space
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Recent Examples of interstellar
The Voyager team used data from the instrument to determine exactly when and where Voyager 1 exited the heliosphere and entered interstellar space.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
That team is gearing up for New Horizons' crossing of the termination shock, one of the key outer boundaries between our heliosphere and interstellar space, Poppe told Space.com.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 19 Feb. 2025
The physical limitations of modern spacecraft pose significant challenges for reaching interstellar space in a human lifetime, especially with limited room onboard for carrying propellant or batteries.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Voyager 1 left the heliosphere and reached interstellar space in August 2012 and is 15.5 billion miles away, and Voyager 2 − traveling slower and in a different direction − did the same in November 2018 and is now roughly 13 billion miles from Earth.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
That team is gearing up for New Horizons' crossing of the termination shock, one of the key outer boundaries between our heliosphere and interstellar space, Poppe told Space.com.
—Leonard David, Space.com, 19 Feb. 2025
The physical limitations of modern spacecraft pose significant challenges for reaching interstellar space in a human lifetime, especially with limited room onboard for carrying propellant or batteries.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 22 Jan. 2025
Voyager 1 left the heliosphere and reached interstellar space in August 2012 and is 15.5 billion miles away, and Voyager 2 − traveling slower and in a different direction − did the same in November 2018 and is now roughly 13 billion miles from Earth.
—Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interstellar
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Check in to the Enchantment Resort, where the southwestern resort has celestial programming like guided full moon hikes.—
Regan Stephens,
People.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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Each exoplanet is a celestial companion that may reveal something about our place in the vast cosmos.—
Shi En Kim,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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This is somewhat puzzling because a core tenet of cosmology is that at sufficiently large intergalactic scales, the universe’s properties and structure should be essentially the same in all directions.—
Paul M. Sutter,
Scientific American,
1 Apr. 2025
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Also planned is a new children’s area with an alien spaceship theme where guests will train for space exploration, meet other intergalactic travelers, and blast off on missions into the Lego Galaxy.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Mar. 2025
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Costs are astronomical, rents and leases and construction costs and permits for grease traps.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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While the odds for winning any prize will improve from 1 in 24 to 1 in 23, the chances of winning the big prize will still be astronomical: going from 1 in 302,575,350 to 1 in 290,472,336.—
Alex Sundby,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2025
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On Saturday, April 5, Saginaw’s stellar playoff run came to an end with a 1-0 loss to Highland Park (20-1-2) at Coppell High School.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Apr. 2025
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors Marvel has a new big-screen outing hitting movie theaters next month, and it's led by a stellar cast including Florence Pugh, Hannah John-Kamen, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, and Wyatt Russell.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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Kyoto, Japan Spring in Japan is synonymous with cherry blossoms with heavenly landscapes across the country.—
Miriam Porter,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The series’ final scene finds Spencer, 45 years later, joining Alex in the afterlife for a heavenly waltz (in what appears to be the ballroom of the ocean liner where they were separated).—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Interstellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interstellar. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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