as in celestial
existing or occurring between stars
the vastness of interstellar space
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Aided by the survey, York also pursued his own research questions, including unidentified diffuse interstellar bands and cataloguing the spectra, or brightness at different wavelengths, of quasi-stellar objects to study the three-dimensional distribution of intergalactic gas.
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
The dust is abundant in interstellar space — the vast region between stars, and it is embedded in comets and asteroids.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Cosmic ray detectors hunt rare antideuterons as dark matter annihilation signatures—but galactic cosmic rays smashing into interstellar gas also produce them, creating background noise.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Future space missions that sample comets, asteroids, or even interstellar dust may be able to test this idea directly by looking not just for individual amino acids but also for short peptides like those produced in these experiments.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
The dust is abundant in interstellar space — the vast region between stars, and it is embedded in comets and asteroids.
—Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
Cosmic ray detectors hunt rare antideuterons as dark matter annihilation signatures—but galactic cosmic rays smashing into interstellar gas also produce them, creating background noise.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 29 Jan. 2026
Future space missions that sample comets, asteroids, or even interstellar dust may be able to test this idea directly by looking not just for individual amino acids but also for short peptides like those produced in these experiments.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for interstellar
Adjective
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His man-to-man with God is celestial diplomacy.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2026
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Since 1994, the company has grown to employ thousands, who are spread out across twenty-five buildings, each one bearing the celestial N that is Netscape’s logo.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
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The storm occurred during a supermoon with extremely high astronomical tides.—
Terry Eliasen,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Meteorologists are also warning of possible high astronomical tides that could bring the potential for minor to moderate coastal flooding along the coast Monday into Tuesday, depending on the timing of the highest surge.—
Lance Reynolds,
Boston Herald,
21 Feb. 2026
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Go intergalactic with blue glitter nails that look like shooting stars.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
21 Feb. 2026
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Accretion from the intergalactic medium still occurs, but its rate has dropped.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026
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Beyond stellar evolution, the computational techniques developed for the study could help researchers model complex flows in oceans, atmospheres, and even blood circulation.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Feb. 2026
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On even longer timescales, the remnant black holes that were created, whether from stellar explosions, neutron star mergers, a collapsing gas cloud, or having grown into supermassive behemoths, will all evaporate.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Feb. 2026
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The holiday began as a time for feasting and to honor household and heavenly deities, as well as ancestors.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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Sold to Menemsha, genuinely tense and gorgeously shot, highlighting the heavenly mountains and a historical hell.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Interstellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interstellar. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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