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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Inside the lab, students can travel from outer space to the depths of the ocean — all within a single class period.
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Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
Some of the world’s wealthiest and most influential people remain deadset on leaving Earth behind for a new life in outer space.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
This April, Wild Space goes to outer space, Shakespeare gets a rockin' remix, Agatha Christie disappears and a thousand children will dance.
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So much of science fiction is about humanity bringing our problems — class, capitalism, pollution — with us into outer space.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
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Alexa Liacko, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
Some of the world’s wealthiest and most influential people remain deadset on leaving Earth behind for a new life in outer space.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 26 Mar. 2026
This April, Wild Space goes to outer space, Shakespeare gets a rockin' remix, Agatha Christie disappears and a thousand children will dance.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 26 Mar. 2026
So much of science fiction is about humanity bringing our problems — class, capitalism, pollution — with us into outer space.
—Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
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 2 Apr. 2026.
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