interstellar space
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“It’s quite reasonable to assume that since humanity has sent spacecraft into interstellar space, other civilizations might do the same thing,” Croft says.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026
"All types of amino acids bond into peptides through the same reaction. It is, therefore, very likely that other peptides naturally form in interstellar space as well," says Hopkinson.
From Science Daily • Jan. 21, 2026
"We think there's a two-thirds chance this comet is older than the solar system, and that it's been drifting through interstellar space ever since."
From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025
The telescope, with its fellow Maunakea resident the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope, discovered that Earth is basking in light from excited molecules living quietly in interstellar space.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 2, 2024
By its very nature it would have produced vast quantities of radioactive debris, but for conscientious mission profiles only in the emptiness of interplanetary or interstellar space.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
