Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Voyager 1 has been moving through space since 1977, now faster than a speeding bullet, and it still has not covered a single light-year of distance from Earth - ScienceBlog.com

The fact that voyager 1 is still active (and scientists keep finding innovative ways to keep it so, from a great distance) is remarkable. 


But don’t sleep on just how vast the universe is! Voyager launched in 1977, nearly 50 years ago, and it is traveling at about 17 km/s (or roughly 40,000 miles per hour).  And yet, it has barely moved in cosmic terms. That’s amazing. 

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