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Re:Voyager 1 is a light-day away by November 2026 by babylon5 on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @07:19PM (#45908808)
It's cold out there, why would it melt?
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Re:Voyager 1 is a light-day away by November 2026 by lmm on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @08:09PM (#45909186)
It's got a very long time to do so. Like how a bowl of water evaporates at room temperature.
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Re:Voyager 1 is a light-day away by November 2026 by jethronethro on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @07:36PM (#45908973)
Heat ray from a passing flying saucer?
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Re:Voyager 1 is a light-day away by November 2026 by DecentShoes on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @07:21PM (#45908832)
Radiation?
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Re:Voyager 1 is a light-day away by November 2026 by hdgvhicv on Thursday November 13, 2025 @04:41AM (#45912814)
It would ablate due to interstellar hydrogen, but that’s so rare over a billion years you’re taking a few millimetres.
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