interstellar
adjective
in·ter·stel·lar
ˌin-tər-ˈste-lər 
: located, taking place, or traveling among the stars especially of the Milky Way galaxy
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Both spacecraft entered interstellar space decades after liftoff, and have sent back to Earth some of the most fascinating and important astrophysics information to date.
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Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2025
These interstellar fireworks are vivid and speedy, and can come in all sorts of colors—notably white, yellow, and green—due to the remnants of metal.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2025
Getting a glimpse of the brilliant scene through JWST, a team at NASA created a 3D scan of the interstellar material that displays its intricacies in tremendous detail.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
The resulting interaction creates an interstellar distortion that interferes with the normal flow of time, sending the certificate back thousands of years into the past.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 11 Apr. 2025
These interstellar fireworks are vivid and speedy, and can come in all sorts of colors—notably white, yellow, and green—due to the remnants of metal.
—Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 13 Feb. 2025
Getting a glimpse of the brilliant scene through JWST, a team at NASA created a 3D scan of the interstellar material that displays its intricacies in tremendous detail.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2025
The resulting interaction creates an interstellar distortion that interferes with the normal flow of time, sending the certificate back thousands of years into the past.
—Richard Edwards, Space.com, 13 Apr. 2025
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“Interstellar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interstellar. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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interstellar
adjective
in·ter·stel·lar
ˌint-ər-ˈstel-ər
: located or taking place among the stars
interstellar space
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