interstellar space

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But new research suggests that worlds drifting through the darkness of interstellar space could still remain habitable, even without the warmth of a nearby star.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

“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

For countless ages, a small chunk of ice and dust traveled alone through interstellar space, like a sealed bottle drifting across a vast cosmic sea.

From Science Daily • Feb. 11, 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

Any civilization able to intercept Voyager in the depths of interstellar space, its transmitters long dead, would know far more science than we do.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan