Within a year, Voyager 1 spacecraft will be 1 light-day from Earth

It takes light a single day to travel 16 billion miles. The Voyager 1 probe will need a little longer, just 49 years.

Voyager 1 is almost one light-day from Earth

This means that it would still take a little over four whole years of traveling at lightspeed to reach the red dwarf—not that ...
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Dennis Mammana: Why Astronomers Need Light-Years to Measure the Mind-Boggling Universe

We live in a world defined by inches, feet and miles (or centimeters, meters and kilometers, if you prefer), and it’s not difficult for most of us to comprehend sizes and distances given in these ...
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NASA’s Voyager 1 Probe Will Reach One ‘Light Day’ from Earth Next Year, Marking Humanity’s Deepest Foray into the Cosmos

NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe will continue its almost half-century of service by delivering yet another milestone.
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Webb telescope just snapped direct image of worlds many light-years away

A conception of the James Webb Space Telescope orbiting 1 million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA GSFC / CIL / Adriana Manrique Gutierrez You don't see this every day. "Our hope with this kind of ...
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In November 2026, A Human-Made Object Will Reach A Light-Day From Earth For First Time In History

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...