interstellar space

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Researchers found that this heat could be strong enough to keep surface oceans from freezing solid, even in the extreme cold of interstellar space where no sunlight is available.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

The spacecraft, powered by a nuclear energy source, is gradually losing power, and shutting down this instrument is the most effective way to extend the life of humanity's first mission into interstellar space.

From Science Daily • May 4, 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

"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

As the solar system condensed out of instellar gas and dust, Jupiter acquired most of the matter that was not ejected into interstellar space and did not fall inward to form the Sun.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan