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interstellar

conducted, or existing between two or more stars
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interstellar

[¦in·tər¦stel·ər]
(astronomy)
Between the stars.
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"This is a very exciting time again in Voyager's 41-year journey, so far, of exploring the planets and now the heliosphere and entering interstellar space," Ed Stone, Voyager project scientist based at Caltech, told a news briefing.
This time the passage into interstellar space is yielding a different set of readings, with new clues to how the sun affects space in the far reaches of the solar system.
In the report the astronomers wrote: "Considering an artificial origin, one possibility is that 'Oumuamua is a light sail, floating in interstellar space as a debris from an advanced technological equipment."
The launch was remotely operated by Interstellar officials in an operation facility about 600 meters from the test site, and they evacuated.
Scientists reported Monday that this interstellar resident is an asteroid sharing Jupiter's orbit but circling in the opposite direction.
In a futuristic twist on the classic fairy tale, Interstellar Cinderella repairs her spaceship and flies it there instead of riding a pumpkin carriage to get to the bail.
Moving at 95,000 kilometres per hour (59,030 mph), scientists speculate that the asteroid is an interstellar wanderer that has stumbled across our solar system.
Our entire solar system, including the heliosphere, moves through interstellar space.
When cooled to interstellar temperatures, however, the ionized buckyballs' spectra provide an exact match to two diffuse interstellar bands, the team found.
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