interstellar

adjective

in·​ter·​stel·​lar ˌin-tər-ˈste-lər 

: 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

The interstellar object, which comes from the center of the Milky Way galaxy, is also expected to pass near to Mars, Venus and Jupiter — something that is also highly improbable to happen at random, according to Loeb. —Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 10 Aug. 2025

These are objects that exist in interstellar space—the areas between stars—and which are not gravitationally bound to any star. —Shigeyuki Hando, Wired News, 13 July 2025

Johnny Storm translates alien signals from deep space on golden records that look uncannily similar to NASA's Golden Records, which carried messages from humanity into interstellar space on the twin Voyager spacecraft. —Tariq Malik, Space.com, 30 July 2025

The only other time an interstellar object has been spotted traveling through our solar system occurred in 2019 when comet Borisov passed by. —Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 30 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1626, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for interstellar

• cerebellar
• circumstellar
• columellar
• storyteller
• beller
• cellar
• dweller
• eller
• feller
• meller
• sellar
• seller

Kids Definition

interstellar

adjective

in·​ter·​stel·​lar ˌint-ər-ˈstel-ər 

: located or taking place among the stars

interstellar space