Definition of INTERSTELLAR

Examples of interstellar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web McClain spent 204 days on an interstellar adventure during NASA Expeditions 58/59. — Molly Longman, refinery29.com, "An Astronaut’s Guide To Coping With Isolation," 24 June 2020 Astronomers are no longer only looking for interstellar radio stations, but for optical pulses, waste heat generated by powerful civilizations, and any other signs of crafty extraterrestrials. — Nadia Drake, National Geographic, "My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence. It changed astronomy.," 19 June 2020 New Horizons is on a course to interstellar space, much like the Voyager probes. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "NASA spacecraft sends back images of stars from 4.3 billion miles away," 14 June 2020 This spacefaring exploration title from the makers of Sword & Sworcery has players take on the role of Mei, an interstellar scout who's been slumbering for over a thousand years. — Jess Grey, Wired, "Here's Every PS5 Game Sony Just Announced," 11 June 2020 The second interstellar object ever discovered, comet 2I/Borisov was first spotted on Aug. 30, 2019 by astronomer Gennady Borisov. — Fox News, "Mysterious interstellar comet Borisov survived its encounter with the sun, new study says," 6 June 2020 The mystery surrounding the interstellar object 'Oumumua seemingly gets weirder by the day. — Fox News, "Mysterious interstellar 'Oumuamua could be made of something almost unheard of in science," 2 June 2020 This is only the second interstellar object to cross into our solar system after 'Oumuamua was spotted in 2017. — Ashley Strickland, CNN, "Scientists get first look inside comet from outside our solar system," 20 Apr. 2020 The first interstellar object to be spotted in our solar system exploded researchers’ assumptions about what sorts of bodies are most likely to escape their host star, and how. — Charlie Wood, Popular Science, "A new ’Oumuamua theory could mean many more interstellar visitors are headed our way," 14 Apr. 2020

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