deep space
nounDefinition of deep space
: space well outside the earth's atmosphere and especially that part lying beyond the earth-moon system
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For would-be deep space prospectors, there's even an online database ranking over 600,000 asteroids by the potential value of their minerals. — Wired, "Luxembourg's Bold Plan to Mine Asteroids for Rare Minerals," 29 Aug. 2019 An atomic clock must be hyper-precise for travel through deep space, where everything is bigger and mistakes quickly can add up. — Scottie Andrew, CNN, "NASA launched a Deep Space Atomic Clock that's like a GPS for space," 28 Aug. 2019 With satisfying rhythm, the piece sets up the painterly illusion of deep space with an actual space a child could crawl through. — Cate Mcquaid, BostonGlobe.com, "At Boston’s M Fine Arts Galerie, Mark Knoerzer paintings whirl with pattern and color," 14 Aug. 2019 Dessert sounds like such a triviality when confronted by all the challenges of deep space, from keeping humans alive to repairing spacecraft. — Mika Mckinnon, Quartz, "Astronauts will bake cookies in space to see how they cook in zero gravity," 1 Aug. 2019 This has led to a radical departure from NASA's approach to deep space exploration. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "The Greatest Leap, part 6: After Apollo, NASA still searching for an encore," 21 July 2019 But India’s interest in deep space exploration is part of a global movement. — Shashank Bengali, latimes.com, "India’s first attempted moon landing heralds a new global space race," 14 July 2019 Shackleton crater, and other locations like it, offer a realistic proving ground for testing of critical deep space exploration technologies in close proximity to Earth. — National Geographic, "Why the moon's south pole may be the hottest destination in space," 9 May 2019 There's an android striving to understand her past, a monster trying to be heard, and a band of criminals struggling to hold onto their humanity in deep space. — Marie Claire, "The Best Sci Fi Movies of 2019 (So Far)," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deep space.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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