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In November 2026, a historic milestone awaits humanity's Voyager 1. The legendary probe will reach the "one light-day" mark, meaning it will be so distant that communication requires a 48-hour round trip!

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Image featuring a silhouette of the Voyager 1 spacecraft set against a vibrant, nebulous space background. At the bottom center, there is bold text that says, "It’s official. NASA confirms Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth in 2026."

Reymond Aguinaldo

@mondinspace@mastodon.social · 6 days ago

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Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Voyager 1 Is About to Reach One Light-Day from Earth

https://scienceclock.com/voyager-1-is-about-to-reach-one-light-day-from-earth/

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Hacker News

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social · 2 months ago

Voyager 1 is a light-day away by November 2026

https://www.iflscience.com/on-november-13-2026-voyager-will-reach-one-full-light-day-away-from-earth-81432

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Reymond Aguinaldo

@mondinspace@mastodon.social · 5 months ago

Launched in 1977, Voyager 1 is humanity’s farthest emissary, over 15 billion miles (24.8 billion km) from Earth, racing at 38,000 mph (17 km/s). It still carries the Golden Record, a time capsule of Earth’s culture, into the uncharted depths of the cosmos.

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A diagram of the Milky Way galaxy showing its spiral structure and major features, with a specific red line indicating the distance Voyager 1 is projected to travel in one million years.

The title text at the top left reads: "The red line shows how far Voyager 1 will travel in 1 million years."

The main graphic is a top-down view of the Milky Way. Concentric circles are marked with distances from the center in light-years (ly). The galactic center is marked. Galactic Longitude is indicated around the circumference, starting at the top, increasing counter-clockwise. Several major spiral arms are labeled, and other features shown.

The red line, originating near the Sun's location, represents Voyager 1's one-million-year travel distance. It extends only a very short, almost imperceptible distance, visually emphasizing the immensity of the Milky Way compared to the probe's travel over that timeframe. — A diagram of the Milky Way galaxy showing its spiral structure and major features, with a specific red line indicating the distance Voyager 1 is projected to travel in one million years. The title text at the top left reads: "The red line shows how far Voyager 1 will travel in 1 million years." The main graphic is a top-down view of the Milky Way. Concentric circles are marked with distances from the center in light-years (ly). The galactic center is marked. Galactic Longitude is indicated around the circumference, starting at the top, increasing counter-clockwise. Several major spiral arms are labeled, and other features shown. The red line, originating near the Sun's location, represents Voyager 1's one-million-year travel distance. It extends only a very short, almost imperceptible distance, visually emphasizing the immensity of the Milky Way compared to the probe's travel over that timeframe.

Reymond Aguinaldo

@mondinspace@mastodon.social · 5 months ago

Crossing into interstellar space in 2012, Voyager 1 marked a milestone in exploration. Yet on a galactic scale, its motion is almost imperceptible. Even after drifting for a million years, it would remain within the Orion Spur, close to its origins.

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Reymond Aguinaldo

@mondinspace@mastodon.social replied · 5 months ago

To grasp the vastness of space, Voyager 1 will pass near Gliese 445 in about 40,000 years. Yet even then, it will hardly have traveled across the galaxy. One full orbit of the Milky Way would require over 400 million years—an unimaginable timescale.

Learn more: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/voyager/mission-overview/

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Reymond Aguinaldo

@mondinspace@mastodon.social · 5 months ago

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