interstellar

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Recent Examples of interstellar Scientists find water signature on enormous interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar object ever detected flying through our solar system – after ‘Oumuamua in 2017 and 2I/Borisov in 2019. Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 8 Oct. 2025 What To Know After the ATLAS telescope detected 3I/ATLAS in Chile on July 1, NASA classified the interstellar object as a comet. Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025 But in a recent interview with NBC News Now, Loeb shut down conspiracy theories that NASA is keeping secrets about the interstellar object. Denise Chow, NBC news, 7 Oct. 2025 Webb, Hubble among telescopes to study interstellar visitor Unlike comets bound to the sun's gravity, 3I/ATLAS is traveling on a hyperbolic orbit that will eventually carry it out of the solar system and back into interstellar space. Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for interstellar
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Adjective
  • The town’s origins are bizarre, involving a celestial object crashing into Derry and a divine turtle-like being named Maturin.
    Andrew McGowan, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Aside from the general viewline forecast, the SWPC also has a tool that provides a short-term forecast that shows the celestial phenomena's location and intensity for the next 30 to 90 minutes.
    Cailey Gleeson, jsonline.com, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Get ready for many intergalactic adventures and turn yourself into Rick from Rick and Morty.
    Emma Kershaw, PEOPLE, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Understanding them helps astronomers probe how black holes influence their host galaxies, regulating star formation and spreading matter and energy far into intergalactic space.
    Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Mostly Mute Monday tells an astronomical story in images, visuals, and no more than 200 words.
    Big Think, Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
  • But the two have racked up an astronomical, nine-figure legal bill that far exceeds any reasonable amount the two may have needed for their defense, the bank said in a court filing late Friday.
    Ken Sweet, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The aging Airy had devoted his observatory to stellar measurements that now produced trifling improvements to navigation.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The defense had a stellar day as well, bringing in seven sacks and forcing Andy Dalton to throw an interception.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Sold to Menemsha, studied in its craft, genuinely tense and gorgeously shot, highlighting the heavenly mountains and a historical hell.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
  • This dish is a heavenly mishmash between creamy, decadent risotto and jambalaya.
    Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Interstellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/interstellar. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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