It's insane to think voyager 1 still functions after traveling 18 Billion kilometres
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thomastempest622 years, 9 months ago
The fact that something man-made left the solar system is insane
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suzannelloyd4762 years, 8 months ago
The Voyager missions were the most awesome and impressive space projects ever
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gabriela.miranda2 years, 9 months ago
When Voyager 1 becomes sentient, it'll return to Earth and call itself V-Ger
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rael.novaes2 years, 8 months ago
For those wondering how the voyager one travelled 18 billion km It was built from spare nokia parts
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robert.maldonado2 years, 5 months ago
You can put a million Earths in our Sun. Not to mention the sun is tiny in comparison to many other stars. UY Scuti star has a radius of 1,700x that of the Sun. When you think big, you always have to think bigger.
eloah_damata2 years, 9 months ago
"The solar system consists of the Sun, Jupiter, and assorted debris."
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victoire_chrétien2 years, 9 months ago
According to NASA, Voyager 1 still has thousands of years to go before it truly leaves the Solar System. They define the Solar System to include everything that is primarily influenced by the Sun's gravity, which according to them covers everything within at least a lightyear (~10 trillion km) from the Sun. At roughly 23.5 billion km, Voyager 1 has covered only a fraction of that distance.
maríaluisa_lemus2 years, 9 months ago
The planets look pretty big until you realise that the moon is only 1.5 light seconds away and you can fit them all between it and us at it's aphelion.
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enzogabriel_pacheco2 years, 9 months ago
How insignificant my problems seem now.
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océane.blin1 year, 11 months ago
Farewell Voyager. Live long and prosper. You've served beyond the call of duty.
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kristopherhart2942 years, 5 months ago
Fun fact heliosphere is not the edge of our solar system that title belong to Oort Cloud and It will take about 300 years for Voyager 1 to reach the inner edge of the Oort Cloud and possibly about 30,000 years to fly beyond it.
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grégoire_louis2 years, 8 months ago
If the distance between your thumb and your index finger represent the distance between the earth and the sun, then you will have to walk 6 km to reach the nearest star (Proxima Centauri) and 3 times around the earth to reach the border of our galaxy.
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robertyadav6861 year, 3 months ago
Love hearing about these types of things. Wish I could survive in space, fly and live for thousands of years
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nehaganesh9762 years, 5 months ago
Glad they put a copy of Star Wars on Voyager1
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helen_hunter2 years, 8 months ago
I remember being super into space as a little kid, and I have NO clue what movie we were watching in elementary school, but it was talking about the vastness of just everything, and how far even just other planets are from one another, and it was one of those core memories, where it finally clicked in my brain- “oh my god… space is not just really big, it’s… it’s incomprehensible. It takes so long just to get to another planet, and it’s so… empty. And dark, and vast, and it’s just everything and everywhere. Holy shit…” And from that moment on I was even MORE obsessed with space
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carmen.vigil2 years, 9 months ago
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hakanhenk7472 years, 9 months ago
Sometimes,,, the brain is bigger than than the head
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genaro.chavarría2 years, 9 months ago
I’m selling round trip tickets to Pluto and back. You must pay upfront tho.
judithdrift461 year, 7 months ago
Voyager just keeps going and giving what a piece of amazing engineering and craftmanship 👏👏
It's insane to think voyager 1 still functions after traveling 18 Billion kilometres
The fact that something man-made left the solar system is insane
The Voyager missions were the most awesome and impressive space projects ever
When Voyager 1 becomes sentient, it'll return to Earth and call itself V-Ger
For those wondering how the voyager one travelled 18 billion km It was built from spare nokia parts
You can put a million Earths in our Sun. Not to mention the sun is tiny in comparison to many other stars. UY Scuti star has a radius of 1,700x that of the Sun. When you think big, you always have to think bigger.
"The solar system consists of the Sun, Jupiter, and assorted debris."
According to NASA, Voyager 1 still has thousands of years to go before it truly leaves the Solar System. They define the Solar System to include everything that is primarily influenced by the Sun's gravity, which according to them covers everything within at least a lightyear (~10 trillion km) from the Sun. At roughly 23.5 billion km, Voyager 1 has covered only a fraction of that distance.
The planets look pretty big until you realise that the moon is only 1.5 light seconds away and you can fit them all between it and us at it's aphelion.
How insignificant my problems seem now.
Farewell Voyager. Live long and prosper. You've served beyond the call of duty.
Fun fact heliosphere is not the edge of our solar system that title belong to Oort Cloud and It will take about 300 years for Voyager 1 to reach the inner edge of the Oort Cloud and possibly about 30,000 years to fly beyond it.
If the distance between your thumb and your index finger represent the distance between the earth and the sun, then you will have to walk 6 km to reach the nearest star (Proxima Centauri) and 3 times around the earth to reach the border of our galaxy.
Love hearing about these types of things. Wish I could survive in space, fly and live for thousands of years
Glad they put a copy of Star Wars on Voyager1
I remember being super into space as a little kid, and I have NO clue what movie we were watching in elementary school, but it was talking about the vastness of just everything, and how far even just other planets are from one another, and it was one of those core memories, where it finally clicked in my brain- “oh my god… space is not just really big, it’s… it’s incomprehensible. It takes so long just to get to another planet, and it’s so… empty. And dark, and vast, and it’s just everything and everywhere. Holy shit…” And from that moment on I was even MORE obsessed with space
oort cloud has left the chat edit 1: its just a joke comment edit 2: thanks for 200 likes
Sometimes,,, the brain is bigger than than the head
I’m selling round trip tickets to Pluto and back. You must pay upfront tho.
Voyager just keeps going and giving what a piece of amazing engineering and craftmanship 👏👏