deep space

noun

: space well outside the earth's atmosphere and especially that part lying beyond the earth-moon system

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The results of this research could help enable longer duration missions into deep space by replacing more bulky data storage techniques. Robert Z. Pearlman, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2025 The rocket arced on a trajectory heading east from Florida's Space Coast, shed its reusable first stage booster for a landing offshore, then fired its upper stage engine twice to propel the trio of missions into deep space. Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025 With in-house hosting of workflows, automation of satellite standards research, and a range of important visual dashboards, Oligo makes the user the captain of deep space pioneering and design. John Werner, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Sam’s science fiction action adventure spotlights life on the margins if also on the fringes of deep space, its two main characters a pair of well-meaning outcasts outrunning the law. Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for deep space

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First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of deep space was in 1865

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“Deep space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deep%20space. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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deep space

noun
: space outside the earth's atmosphere and especially that part lying beyond the earth-moon system
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