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outer space
(redirected from Space vacuum)

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outer space: see space exploration space exploration, the investigation of physical conditions in space and on stars, planets, and other celestial bodies through the use of artificial satellites (spacecraft that orbit the earth), space probes (spacecraft that pass through the solar system and that may
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outer space
any region of space beyond the atmosphere of the earth

outer space [′au̇d·ər ′spās]
(astronomy)
A general term for any region that is beyond the earth's atmosphere.


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The samples were left outside the station a year ago to determine how they would react to the space vacuum, the sun's ultraviolet radiation and a reactive form of oxygen in the Earth's upper atmosphere.
The samples were left outside the station a year ago to determine how they would react to the space vacuum, the sun's ultraviolet radiation and a reactive form of oxygen in the Earth's upper atmosphere.
Space vacuum experiments were used by the Nazi''s in world war two on death camp prisoners.
 
 
 
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