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INTERSTELLAR SPACE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The space between stars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("interstellar space" is a kind of...):
part; region (the extended spatial location of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interstellar space"):
interstellar medium (interstellar space including streams of protons moving from the stars)
Holonyms ("interstellar space" is a part of...):
outer space; space (any location outside the Earth's atmosphere)
Context examples:
The high velocity indicates not only that the object likely originated from outside our solar system, but also that it will leave and head back to interstellar space.
(Newly Discovered Comet Is Likely Interstellar Visitor, NASA)
Voyager 1, NASA's farthest and fastest spacecraft, is the only human-made object in interstellar space, the environment between the stars.
(Voyager 1 Fires Up Thrusters After 37 Years, NASA)
A/2017 U1 came from the direction of the constellation Lyra, cruising through interstellar space at a brisk clip of 15.8 miles (25.5 kilometers) per second.
(Small Asteroid or Comet 'Visits' from Beyond the Solar System, NASA)
The new ALMA observation is the first detection ever of a stable organohalogen in interstellar space.
(ALMA and Rosetta Detect Freon-40 in Space, ESO)
Interstellar space is mostly a vacuum, so there is no medium that can carry sound. In other words, space is totally silent.
(Does Our Galaxy Sound Like Funky Blues Music?, George Putic/VOA)
The team speculated that perhaps the small dust grains adorning the surface of most comets eroded during `Oumuamua’s journey through interstellar space, with only larger dust grains remaining.
(ESO’s VLT Sees `Oumuamua Getting a Boost, ESO)
Astronomers are not sure whether they merely grazed each other or collided head-on, but either way it triggered a powerful eruption that launched other nearby protostars and hundreds of colossal streamers of gas and dust out into interstellar space at over 150 kilometres per second.
(ALMA Captures Dramatic Stellar Fireworks, ESO)
Astronomers are not sure whether they merely grazed each other or collided head-on, but either way it triggered a powerful eruption that launched other nearby protostars and hundreds of colossal streamers of gas and dust out into interstellar space at over 150 kilometers per second.
(Dramatic Stellar Fireworks of Star Birth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
Three such waves have reached Voyager 1 since it entered interstellar space in 2012.
(Sun sends more 'tsunami waves' to Voyager 1, NASA)
The orbit calculations revealed beyond any doubt that this body did not originate from inside the Solar System, like all other asteroids or comets ever observed, but instead had come from interstellar space.
(ESO Observations Show First Interstellar Asteroid is Like Nothing Seen Before, ESO)
