Sky photo: ESO/S. Brunier · CC BY 4.0, cropped and dimmed.
Distance from Earth right now
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Its radio signal takes
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The farthest human-made object
Voyager 1 left Earth in 1977, flew past Jupiter and Saturn, and in 2012 became the first spacecraft to reach interstellar space. It moves about 17 km every second and is still sending data home. Its twin, Voyager 2, will reach one light-day from Earth in November 2035.
Calculated on your phone from NASA’s figures (one light-day from Earth on Nov. 18, 2026; speed about 17 km/s). For exact values see NASA’s Voyager mission status page.
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