How to Use interstellar in a Sentence

interstellar

adjective
  • This, in his view, opens up quite a can of interstellar worms.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2021
  • This marks the first time a sugar has been seen in interstellar space.
    Damien Pine, Scientific American, 13 July 2026
  • Yes, but the transport costs from interstellar space seem a bit high.
    Michael Lynch, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Sometimes the band sounds like a jazz trio on some sort of interstellar vision quest.
    John Adamian, courant.com, 11 Oct. 2019
  • What results is an amorphous shape formed by stars and wisps of interstellar gas.
    Shannon Stirone, WIRED, 5 May 2018
  • The cozy domed tents look like interstellar orbs placed throughout the landscape.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 1 May 2021
  • And scientists brought home an interstellar tune from the road.
    María Luisa Paúl, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2021
  • At the edges of the heliosphere is where the solar wind meets the interstellar wind.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes, 7 May 2022
  • As the name indicates, the film is about a group of interstellar clowns that invade a small town.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2017
  • And what bigger data pool was there to draw from than the vastness of interstellar space?
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The crew of an interstellar ship battles a malevolent force in this sci-fi thriller.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2020
  • In fact, it wasn't designed to go after an interstellar object at all.
    NBC News, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The Guardians of the Galaxy have faced their fair share of interstellar threats over the years.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Or an interstellar academy for aliens to learn about the Earth.
    Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2022
  • That's the same way that stars themselves form, from dense patches in much larger clouds of interstellar gas and dust.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Now, his ships—interstellar emissaries of the human species—sail on without him.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 12 June 2024
  • Now’s your chance to see the interstellar Pixar adventure at home.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
  • And her path to fame was partially written in the same stars that birthed her interstellar being.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 3 Dec. 2021
  • At that speed, the spacecraft could make the interstellar journey in about 85 years.
    Matthew S Williams, Interesting Engineering, 10 Jan. 2026
  • But the arrival of interstellar objects into a massive star's disk might speed up the process.
    Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The interstellar spacecraft would take 20 to 25 years to build – or even more.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025
  • New Horizons is on a course to interstellar space, much like the Voyager probes.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 14 June 2020
  • The transition from our solar system to interstellar space, the researchers say, may take less than a day to cross.
    Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Is the Moon destined to become an interstellar gas station, a resource to be mined and sold?
    Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • No single law of physics prohibits an interstellar voyage to Earth.
    Kai James, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
  • Astronomers are still puzzled by the way massive stars form in interstellar space, the new study's researchers said in a statement.
    Ian O'Neill Space.com Contributor, Fox News, 20 June 2017
  • That would make the interstellar object twice as old as Earth, and the oldest comet every recorded.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Could a paperclip-sized craft survive this long journey through interstellar space?
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Voyager 1 and 2, while still hurtling through interstellar space, are beginning to shut down.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 22 June 2022
  • Chris Hemsworth is back as the Norse god, this time in the midst of an interstellar identity crisis.
    Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 19 May 2022

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