How to Use outer space in a Sentence

outer space

noun
  • Is there life in outer space?
  • Aliens, in my book, are from outer space.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2026
  • What do fireworks look like from outer space?
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
  • What are the limits in outer space?
    — Steve Doerschuk, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Not bad for a silly movie about killer worms from outer space.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 1 May 2026
  • More people have been to outer space than to this depth of the ocean.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 19 June 2023
  • The flight could mark a new era for travels into outer space.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
  • More people have been to outer space than have stood on its summit.
    — New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021
  • Way out over them fields and houses, right on into outer space.
    — David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The changes may help the brain adapt to the weightlessness of outer space.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Aliens who look like clowns come from outer space and terrorize a small town.
    — Ben Flanagan | [email protected], al, 13 Oct. 2020
  • But that's far from all these billionaires have planned in outer space.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 21 July 2021
  • Concerns over the weaponization of outer space are decades old.
    — CBS News, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Her hair is so shiny it can be seen from outer space, and the texture is as straight as a ruler.
    — Meagan Fredette, refinery29.com, 8 Sep. 2019
  • Here’s the weird story behind this week’s blast from the past (from outer space).
    — Kiona N. Smith, Forbes.com, 7 May 2025
  • Simply being in outer space does a decent job of that on its own.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The stars can be seen as a galaxy in outer space, or it can be seen as going down to drain.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The richest man in the world is going to outer space in his own rocket.
    — Charlie Fink, Forbes, 11 June 2021
  • The initial goal was to learn about how to support human life in outer space.
    — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Yes, there are spies from outer space (one with one eye, the other with four) hunting him down.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 21 May 2025
  • The book features an outer space theme and a story about finding home.
    — Ashley Ziegler, Parents, 8 June 2024
  • Yet the molecules in outer space aren’t foreign to us at all.
    — Harold McGee, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2020
  • The list of watch brands with experience in outer space just got longer.
    — Carol Besler, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • This wouldn’t let our mock asteroid move with the freedom of one in outer space.
    — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The Earth is struck by objects from outer space up to 50 times a day.
    — David Szondy, New Atlas, 17 July 2024
  • While impressive, 44km is still not all that close to outer space.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Be seen from outer space with this bright and eye-catching manicure.
    — Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Once the bin is full, the poop is then discarded with the rest of the trash into outer space.
    — Amy Thompson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Oct. 2020
  • All investors need do then is wait for the countdown and watch share prices to launch into outer space.
    — Erik Sherman, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2020
  • At this point, even people in outer space know that Mike Brown likes to play fast.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 26 July 2025

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