outer space
noun
: space immediately outside the earth's atmosphere
broadly
: interplanetary or interstellar space
Examples of outer space in a Sentence
a satellite in outer space
Is there life in outer space?
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Be seen from outer space with this bright and eye-catching manicure.
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Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 2 Jan. 2026
This inevitable sequel riffs on the titular Wii game, blasting Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toad into outer space to face off against Bowser Jr.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Way out over them fields and houses, right on into outer space.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
In November, Starcloud, the startup backed by Nvidia, sent a chip into outer space that’s 100 times more powerful than any GPU compute that has been in space before.
—April Roach, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
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Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 2 Jan. 2026
This inevitable sequel riffs on the titular Wii game, blasting Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach, and Toad into outer space to face off against Bowser Jr.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 31 Dec. 2025
Way out over them fields and houses, right on into outer space.
—David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
In November, Starcloud, the startup backed by Nvidia, sent a chip into outer space that’s 100 times more powerful than any GPU compute that has been in space before.
—April Roach, CNBC, 29 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for outer space
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“Outer space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outer%20space. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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