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re: The Voyager 1 probe is now one light day from Earth...
Posted on 2/6/26 at 10:18 pm to Darth_Vader
Posted on 2/6/26 at 10:18 pm to Darth_Vader
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And if you want to travel to our closest neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, it will only take you 2,500,000 light years to get there.
Not true but andromeda is badass and so much bigger than the Milky Way
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The closest known galaxy to us is the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy, at 236,000,000,000,000,000 km (25,000 light years) from the Sun. The Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy is the next closest , at 662,000,000,000,000,000 km (70,000 light years) from the Sun
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Posted on 2/6/26 at 10:18 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Is it accelerating still?
Voyager 1? no...
the Universe? yes...
Posted on 2/7/26 at 7:58 am to TheHarahanian
Our closest star and nearest solar system, Proxima Centauri, is 25 trillion miles away.
Currently, mankind's fastest space craft is the Parker Solar Probe traveling at 430,000 mph.
It would still take approx 6,600 years to reach Proxima Centauri at that speed.
Space is unfathomable, even in the 'hood, much less comprehending further distances in the Milky Way, or to other galaxies.
Currently, mankind's fastest space craft is the Parker Solar Probe traveling at 430,000 mph.
It would still take approx 6,600 years to reach Proxima Centauri at that speed.
Space is unfathomable, even in the 'hood, much less comprehending further distances in the Milky Way, or to other galaxies.
Posted on 2/7/26 at 9:47 am to bhtigerfan
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That means it will only take 17,654 more years to travel 1 light year! Can’t wait to see that!
Posted on 2/7/26 at 9:51 am to RollTide1987
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The Voyager 1 space probe lifted off the face of the Earth on September 5, 1977
To put it in perspective - I was 17 then. I'm now 65.
Posted on 2/7/26 at 10:33 am to RollTide1987
The Voyager story is interesting. I've read a number of articles about over the past year or so. Amazing that after nearly 50 years it can still receive and execute some commands.
I've read quite a few NASA employees spent their entire career assigned to the Voyager program. Job damn well done!
I've read quite a few NASA employees spent their entire career assigned to the Voyager program. Job damn well done!
Posted on 2/7/26 at 11:43 am to OhioLSUfan
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In the next couple of hundred years they are going to send a spacecraft millions of light years away- point a big ole telescope towards the earth and watch the dinosaurs
Not possible unless they can travel faster then the speed of light or some wormhole shortcut.
Posted on 2/7/26 at 11:51 am to chRxis
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Voyager 1? no...
the Universe? yes...
That's up for debate.
Posted on 2/7/26 at 12:16 pm to RollTide1987
I'm 51. When I was a kid, I remember being at my grandmother's house in the summer and NASA had a hotline you could call and listen to data coming in from Voyager (1 or 2, can't remember) as it exited the solar system. Totally made no sense, but we thought it was the coolest thing ever to hear something that originated from beyond.
Also, what a fricking battery, huh?
Also, what a fricking battery, huh?
Posted on 2/7/26 at 12:19 pm to HarryBalzack
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what a fricking battery, huh?
Its nuclear!
I think I remember seeing that its outlived its expected lifespan.
Posted on 2/7/26 at 12:19 pm to RollTide1987
If the voyager would go 120, it would get better gas mileage
Posted on 2/7/26 at 12:43 pm to Slippy
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Why are you so gay for space?
Why are you not?
Posted on 2/7/26 at 12:44 pm to OhioLSUfan
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In the next couple of hundred years they are going to send a spacecraft millions of light years away- point a big ole telescope towards the earth and watch the dinosaurs
You think we are going to discover faster than light travel in the next few hundred years?
Posted on 2/7/26 at 12:56 pm to gmac8604
Nuclear.
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