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Re:Voyager 1 hears the hush of interstellar plasma by divbzero on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @11:50AM (#27119605)
It’s also wild to compare:

– how far Voyager 1 has already traveled ~150 AU or ~0.002 ly [1]

– how much farther it could go in 40,000 years ~1,000,000 AU or ~17 ly [2] [3]

– the visible diameter of our Milky Way ~6,000,000,000 AU or ~100,000 ly [4]

[1]: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/status/

[2]: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/interstellar-mission/

[3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_445

[4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way

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Re:Voyager 1 hears the hush of interstellar plasma by tommi on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @02:06PM (#27121388)
Could we realistically accelerate a space probe to faster speeds than what Voyagers and New Horizons are currently doing?
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Re:Voyager 1 hears the hush of interstellar plasma by eindiran on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @07:02PM (#27124716)
With gravity assists you can: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parker_Solar_Probe
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