interstellar

adjective

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in·ter·stel·lar | \ ˌin-tər-ˈste-lər

Definition of interstellar

: located, taking place, or traveling among the stars especially of the Milky Way galaxy

Examples of interstellar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This tells us that something is likely happening between the stars — in the interstellar space separating them — that's being elongated into thread-like features over enormous distance scales: around ~20 light-years across, typically. — Ethan Siegel, Forbes, 1 June 2021 Scientists now think that magnetic reconnection also takes place in interstellar space and occurs at the outer boundaries of the expanding plumes driven out of our galaxy's center. — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 30 May 2021 In 2012, after making a series of discoveries on Jupiter and Saturn, the vessel exited the solar system and entered into interstellar space, the space between stars. — BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2021 Voyager 1 entered interstellar space in 2012, and Voyager 2 followed in 2018. — NBC News, 12 May 2021 After entering interstellar space, Voyager 1's Plasma Wave System instrument detected oscillations in the gas, which is caused by our sun. — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 11 May 2021 So why not explore the solar system and interstellar space using CubeSat solar sails? — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021 Researchers think there is more low-level activity in the interstellar gas than was previously believed. — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 11 May 2021 Science instruments on the Interstellar Probe will find out: How the Sun’s plasma interacts with interstellar gas to create our heliosphere. — Jamie Carter, Forbes, 27 Apr. 2021

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