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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Gibson saw McCandless suspended alone in the abyssal blackness—angled slightly from the vertical, his white suit seeming to glow beneath the unfiltered sunlight of outer space, the luminous blue band of Earth’s atmosphere curving away beneath him.
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Adam Higginbotham, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
In theaters May 17 06 of 31 Atlas She’s Jenny from the… outer space mission to save humanity.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
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Adam Higginbotham, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 May 2024
In theaters May 17 06 of 31 Atlas She’s Jenny from the… outer space mission to save humanity.
—Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
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“Outer space.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outer%20space. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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