deep space
noun
: space well outside the earth's atmosphere and especially that part lying beyond the earth-moon system
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Every observation out into deep space is also a look back in time.
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Big Think, 24 Nov. 2025
There, for at least 15 weeks, the worms and other microbial samples will face the combined wrath of microgravity, the vacuum of space, and deep space radiation.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
But now both productions appear to be stranded in deep space with life support failing.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Callingham and colleagues at the European Space Agency (ESA) first suspected their potential interstellar CME after the LOFAR telescope array detected a short, intense radio signal emission from deep space.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Nov. 2025
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Big Think, 24 Nov. 2025
There, for at least 15 weeks, the worms and other microbial samples will face the combined wrath of microgravity, the vacuum of space, and deep space radiation.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
But now both productions appear to be stranded in deep space with life support failing.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Callingham and colleagues at the European Space Agency (ESA) first suspected their potential interstellar CME after the LOFAR telescope array detected a short, intense radio signal emission from deep space.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 12 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for deep space
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“Deep space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deep%20space. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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