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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That means no country may claim territory in outer space, and all have the right to access all areas of the moon and other celestial bodies freely.
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Michelle L.d. Hanlon, Space.com, 20 June 2025
Like Musk, Venis is obsessed with going to outer space and with using his enormous war chest to build hyperscale data centers to create powerful anti-woke AI systems.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 31 May 2025
But cheers were somewhat subdued until about 10 minutes after launch—when operators officially determined that the spacecraft’s trajectory was nominal, taking it on a ballistic suborbital path through outer space.
—Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 28 May 2025
In the Next Big Idea Club, Fleck mentioned the example of someone believing that an alien invasion from outer space is imminent and feeling anxious and fearful as a result.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
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Michelle L.d. Hanlon, Space.com, 20 June 2025
Like Musk, Venis is obsessed with going to outer space and with using his enormous war chest to build hyperscale data centers to create powerful anti-woke AI systems.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 31 May 2025
But cheers were somewhat subdued until about 10 minutes after launch—when operators officially determined that the spacecraft’s trajectory was nominal, taking it on a ballistic suborbital path through outer space.
—Gayoung Lee, Scientific American, 28 May 2025
In the Next Big Idea Club, Fleck mentioned the example of someone believing that an alien invasion from outer space is imminent and feeling anxious and fearful as a result.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
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“Outer space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outer%20space. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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