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Reymond Aguinaldo
@mondinspace@mastodon.social  路  activity timestamp 4 weeks 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  路  activity timestamp 4 weeks 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鈥攁n unimaginable timescale.

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

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