outer space

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noun

space beyond the atmosphere of the earth.

deep space.

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Origin of outer space

First recorded in 1875–80

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How to use outer space in a sentence

“Our history has to figure into the way we’re engaging with outer space exploration,” he says, and that can’t include the same environmental destruction or social dispossession.
Can Astronaut Thinking Heal America at Last?|Leslie dela Vega|January 28, 2021|Ozy
Even as our personal space may have shrunk in the pandemic age, the edge of outer space seemed nearer than ever.
20 Things That Went Strangely, Wonderfully Right in 2020|cleaf2013|December 31, 2020|Fortune
Riding out climate changes and threats from outer space requires taking a degree of control over natural processes.
Forget Your Five-Year Plan: What If We Visualized Humanity’s Future in Centuries, Millennia, and Beyond?|Thomas Hornigold|December 31, 2020|Singularity Hub
Meanwhile, the cold reaches of outer space remained hot as ever with a wild attempt to divert an asteroid and the latest estimate of how many Earth-like planets may lurk in our galaxy.
These Were the 15 Most-Read Singularity Hub Stories of 2020|Singularity Hub Staff|December 26, 2020|Singularity Hub

He was looking to determine the lower edge of what might constitute outer space.
Explainer: Our atmosphere — layer by layer|Beth Geiger|December 1, 2020|Science News For Students
Space Invaders had just been introduced in America, and Atari was looking for a game that would do it one better.
‘Asteroids’ & The Dawn of the Gamer Age|David Owen|November 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The twins themselves, played beautifully by Erin Davie and Emily Padgett, are our inner voice and outer voice, says Condon.
Can Condon's Freak Show Win Broadway?|Tim Teeman|November 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Her very first sculpture, a metallic chrome unicorn aptly titled “Space Oracle,” sits on a pedestal directly in front.
The Tiniest Jackson Pollock|Justin Jones|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
An unmanned rocket intended to deliver supplies to the International Space Station exploded on Tuesday.
Harry Potter Raps, The Catcalls Heard ‘Round the World and More Viral Videos|Alex Chancey|November 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
These companies include SpaceX, Orbital Sciences, Sierra Nevada Space Systems, and more.
Luxembourg and China Team Up on Private Mission to the Moon|Matthew R. Francis|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The menace of a thunder-cloud approached as in his childhood's dream; disaster lurked behind the quiet outer show.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The nine barricaded the outer gates and placed in the best positions guns loaded with grape.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The others stood silent till they heard the outer door of the apartment close behind him.
Confidence|Henry James
Dobson, mouth agape, struck a little bell on the desk and the orderly stepped in from the outer room.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
The gentleman bows very ceremoniously, and Monsieur St. Ange walks slowly out, and takes a glass of curaoa in the outer room.
Checkmate|Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

British Dictionary definitions for outer space

outer space

noun

(not in technical usage) any region of space beyond the atmosphere of the earth

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outer space

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