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The nearest world that might host life is just 4.2 light-years away — but at the speed of the fastest spacecraft humanity has ever flown, the trip would take 75,000 years, and the one serious plan to go faster has quietly collapsed

Just over four light-years away, the Alpha Centauri system holds the closest worlds beyond our own that might support life. One, Proxima Centauri b,...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 10, 2026

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On November 18, 2026, Voyager 1 becomes the first thing humanity has ever built to sit a full light-day away — a full day for any signal to reach it.

On November 18, 2026, Voyager 1 will cross a milestone no machine has ever reached: it will sit a full light-day from Earth. From...

Harrison KassJuly 10, 2026

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NASA Has Not Launched Anything Faster Than Voyager in 48 Years. Here Is the Real Menu of Machines That Could Finally Beat It

Voyager 1 is about to become the first object one light-day from Earth, still whispering home on a plutonium supply the size of a...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 5, 2026

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Voyager 1 isn’t dying because anything broke — after almost 50 years it’s simply running out of power, and NASA is shutting off its instruments one by one until the signal goes silent.

Nearly fifty years after launch, Voyager 1 is approaching the end, but not because anything is breaking. It is simply running out of electricity....

Harrison KassJuly 2, 2026

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Voyager 1 launched in 1977 on a four-year mission, and in November 2026, nearly half a century later, it will become the first object ever to reach one light-day from Earth — so distant that a signal now takes a full 24 hours to cross the emptiness back home

In November 2026, a spacecraft launched during the Carter administration will cross a threshold no human-made object ever has: one light-day from Earth —...

Jack BuckbyJuly 2, 2026

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Voyager 2 is the fastest object humanity has ever launched into deep space, moving at 34,000 miles an hour — faster than a rifle bullet — and yet after nearly 50 years it would still need 75,000 more to reach the nearest star, a paradox that shows why crossing between stars will take something far stranger than a rocket.

Voyager 2 is one of the greatest engineering achievements in history. Launched in 1977, it visited Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune before sailing on...

Harrison KassJune 25, 2026

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Voyager 1 launched in 1977 on a four-year mission and is still flying 49 years later, now so far away that in November 2026 a radio signal will take a full 24 hours to reach it — so when engineers say “good morning” on a Monday, the answer won’t arrive until Wednesday.

A four-year mission that has lasted 49 years. A spacecraft 15 billion miles away, running on 1970s computers and a dying plutonium battery. In...

Harry J. KazianisJune 21, 2026

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The nearest world that might host life is just 4.2 light-years away — but at the speed of the fastest spacecraft humanity has ever flown, the trip would take 75,000 years, and the one serious plan to go faster has quietly collapsed

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On November 18, 2026, Voyager 1 becomes the first thing humanity has ever built to sit a full light-day away — a full day for any signal to reach it.

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NASA Has Not Launched Anything Faster Than Voyager in 48 Years. Here Is the Real Menu of Machines That Could Finally Beat It

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Voyager 1 isn’t dying because anything broke — after almost 50 years it’s simply running out of power, and NASA is shutting off its instruments one by one until the signal goes silent.

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Voyager 1 launched in 1977 on a four-year mission, and in November 2026, nearly half a century later, it will become the first object ever to reach one light-day from Earth — so distant that a signal now takes a full 24 hours to cross the emptiness back home

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Voyager 1 launched in 1977 on a four-year mission and is still flying 49 years later, now so far away that in November 2026 a radio signal will take a full 24 hours to reach it — so when engineers say “good morning” on a Monday, the answer won’t arrive until Wednesday.

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