How to Use outer space in a Sentence
outer space
noun- Is there life in outer space?
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More people have been to outer space than to this depth of the ocean.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 19 June 2023
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The changes may help the brain adapt to the weightlessness of outer space.
—Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022
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And paradise, like outer space, is the stuff of dreams.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
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The Earth is struck by objects from outer space up to 50 times a day.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 17 July 2024
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But in the six years since the probe has been zipping through outer space and flying by the Sun?
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2024
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Once the bin is full, the poop is then discarded with the rest of the trash into outer space.
—Amy Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2020
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Beneath that, the crack and crash of battling robots, the pssssh of a hull breech in outer space.
—Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 17 Apr. 2021
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Her hair is so shiny it can be seen from outer space, and the texture is as straight as a ruler.
—Meagan Fredette, refinery29.com, 8 Sep. 2019
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Servers unzipped, dropped off the food, zipped back up — like St. Patrick’s Day in outer space.
—Alex Mann, baltimoresun.com, 13 Mar. 2021
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The outer space of the future is thus poised to resemble the seas of today.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Here’s the weird story behind this week’s blast from the past (from outer space).
—Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
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Neil likens the feeling to that of pondering the vastness of outer space.
—Robert Moor, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
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The richest man in the world is going to outer space in his own rocket.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes, 11 June 2021
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All the while, the stories in those comic books stuck — and over the decades, his passion for outer space has, too.
—Elissa Miolene, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2024
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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
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Back in 2020 it was revealed that the actor was planning to film a movie in outer space.
—Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
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Not the facts, not the rights and the lefts, not the plots, which could take place in outer space or in hell or anywhere in between, but the feelings.
—Ellen Akins, Washington Post, 20 May 2022
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How many people can say they’ve been drafted by the NFL and flown to outer space?
—NBC News, 22 Jan. 2018
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Lovers of all things outer space will flip for this glowing stunt drone that looks like a retro UFO.
—Jessica Hartshorn and Emma Seymour, Good Housekeeping, 9 Nov. 2022
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The stars can be seen as a galaxy in outer space, or it can be seen as going down to drain.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
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Tintin's adventures took him across the globe, from the US to Sydney and even outer space.
—Hannah Ryan, CNN, 6 Feb. 2022
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The flight could mark a new era for travels into outer space.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
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The video shows Glover sitting by a window soaking in the view from outer space.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN, 28 Nov. 2020
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His passion for outer space began in the 1960s.
—Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
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Love of arts and outer space Daryle sometimes struggled with being a workaholic and being at home.
—Charlotte Observer, 17 Apr. 2026
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What are the limits in outer space?
—Steve Doerschuk, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
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The hotel’s art collection is also inspired by—what else—outer space.
—Caroline Eubanks, Travel + Leisure, 13 Apr. 2026
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Like his father, X Æ A-Xii loves all things outer space.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 11 Apr. 2026
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Simply being in outer space does a decent job of that on its own.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 2026
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