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interstellar space

[in-ter-stel-er spays] / ˌɪn tərˈstɛl ər ˈspeɪs /




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“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 saw that the glycine molecules started reacting with each other to form peptides and water. This indicates that the same process occurs in interstellar space," Alfred Thomas Hopkinson says.

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

We sent something about our genes, something about our brains, and something about our libraries to other beings who might sail the sea of interstellar space.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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