interstellar
adjective
in·ter·stel·lar
ˌin-tər-ˈste-lər 
: located, taking place, or traveling among the stars especially of the Milky Way galaxy
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The object, eventually confirmed to almost certainly be a comet and named 3I/ATLAS, was later confirmed to have interstellar origins after follow-up observations.
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Dark filaments of interstellar dust thread through the nebula scene, can be seen blocking the light of the nebula clouds beyond.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Preliminary estimates indicate that the interstellar comet is 3 billion to 11 billion years old, according to a study coauthored by Seligman and Aster Taylor, a doctoral student and Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow at the University of Michigan, in August.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Separately, scientists reported the dramatic brightening of the interstellar object—which was originally discovered back in July this year—in a preprint study, which has yet to be peer-reviewed.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
Dark filaments of interstellar dust thread through the nebula scene, can be seen blocking the light of the nebula clouds beyond.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Preliminary estimates indicate that the interstellar comet is 3 billion to 11 billion years old, according to a study coauthored by Seligman and Aster Taylor, a doctoral student and Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Fellow at the University of Michigan, in August.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
Separately, scientists reported the dramatic brightening of the interstellar object—which was originally discovered back in July this year—in a preprint study, which has yet to be peer-reviewed.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Interstellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interstellar. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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interstellar
adjective
in·ter·stel·lar
ˌint-ər-ˈstel-ər
: located or taking place among the stars
interstellar space
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