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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Continuing from the events of Roland Emmerich’s Stargate (1994), this Canadian series tracks a group of militia men and women who venture into outer space to locate the Stargate, an alien portal to another dimension.
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Jordyn Noennig, jsonline.com, 31 July 2025
Gosling stars as Ryland Grace, a middle school teacher who finds himself in outer space and tasked with saving humanity.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 July 2025
At this point, even people in outer space know that Mike Brown likes to play fast.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 26 July 2025
Continuing from the events of Roland Emmerich’s Stargate (1994), this Canadian series tracks a group of militia men and women who venture into outer space to locate the Stargate, an alien portal to another dimension.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 3 July 2025
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“Outer space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outer%20space. Accessed 8 Aug. 2025.
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