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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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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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 ...