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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Authoritarian regimes may treat outer space as a place to install infrastructure and write the rules unilaterally.
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Alexander Görlach, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Novig, a prediction market platform that exists in a regulatory outer space that is neither state nor federal, directs people in need of help to a video game addiction group rather than a gambling one, presumably as another tactic to avoid explicit association with gambling.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 9 Jan. 2026
The current season has been out of this world – with the first responder TV series making a foray into the heavens, going into outer space.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 7 Jan. 2026
The illustration shows Bowie's body inside of a star shooting through outer space.
—Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
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Alexander Görlach, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Novig, a prediction market platform that exists in a regulatory outer space that is neither state nor federal, directs people in need of help to a video game addiction group rather than a gambling one, presumably as another tactic to avoid explicit association with gambling.
—Dan Bernstein, Sportico.com, 9 Jan. 2026
The current season has been out of this world – with the first responder TV series making a foray into the heavens, going into outer space.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 7 Jan. 2026
The illustration shows Bowie's body inside of a star shooting through outer space.
—Katie Hill, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Outer space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outer%20space. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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