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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Katy Perry is leveling up from women’s world to women’s outer space.
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025
According to a press release from Blue Origin, the veteran journalist will be part of an all-woman collective heading to outer space in a landmark journey.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 27 Feb. 2025
With a staff of about 12,000 worldwide, NOAA is active in every U.S. state and territory, and its work stretches from the ocean floor to outer space.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
So, Meta researchers recruited 35 volunteers to type sentences on a keyboard while sitting in an MEG scanner, which looks like a salon hair-drying chair from outer space.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 19 Feb. 2025
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Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 Feb. 2025
According to a press release from Blue Origin, the veteran journalist will be part of an all-woman collective heading to outer space in a landmark journey.
—Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 27 Feb. 2025
With a staff of about 12,000 worldwide, NOAA is active in every U.S. state and territory, and its work stretches from the ocean floor to outer space.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 22 Feb. 2025
So, Meta researchers recruited 35 volunteers to type sentences on a keyboard while sitting in an MEG scanner, which looks like a salon hair-drying chair from outer space.
—Celia Ford, Vox, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Outer space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outer%20space. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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