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inner space

British  

noun

  1. the environment beneath the surface of the sea

  2. the human mind regarded as being as unknown or as unfathomable as space

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As a result, physicists were left with no theory of “quantum gravity” to explain what happened when the realms of inner space and outer space collided, as in the Big Bang or inside black holes.

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2022

Their inner space is explored as evocatively as their outward demeanour.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2020

During this sojourn into inner space, Queen Kane handily reveals her true reason for hunting a heretic roaming her lands.

From Salon • Nov. 5, 2019

“Discovery” often thrums and sizzles with TV’s modern moves — including a nod to our beloved, wait-what? adventures in inner space, when the ship accidentally spore-hops into an alternate universe.

From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2018

He liked the loneliness of inner space, the sense of being forgotten by the world.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston