Outer space, used with its modern meaning, appears as early as the 1840s in a poem by Emmeline Stuart-Wortley. Soon after, Alexander von Humboldt was using variations on it in his writings about the cosmos. By 1901, H.G. Wells was using outer space...
meteorwrong n.— Note: Also sometimes spelled “meteowrong.” «Nicklin said many people often mistake common terrestrial rocks for the kind that fall from outer space. He refers to them as “meteorwrongs...
skylab n.— «The sole means of public transport is a motorcycle service, which someone with a curious sense of humor dubbed “the Skylab.” Skylabs appear a few times a day. Up to five people, including women holding infants...
skylab n.— «The four were on board a skylab motorcycle when two vehicles, reportedly a red and white Tamarraw FX, blocked them somewhere in Maco,» —by World Organisation Against Torture Compilation of Urgent Appeals, Open...
skylab n.— «Only in the philippines…who said a normal motorcycle can sit only 2 people? they call this ride “skylab.” from the famous satellite SkyLab.» —“Unbelievable Motorcycle Ride” by...
planemo n. an object in outer space with mass insufficient to achieve fusion but large enough to be made roughly spherical by its own gravity. Editorial Note: This term and meaning were derived by way of determining what characteristics, exactly...
