It should take another 300 years for NASA's Voyager 1 probe to reach the most distant region of our solar system. Until then, it's cruising through the void between the stars.

Dec 30 2022 by Business Insider

 
An artist's concept which shows NASA's Voyager spacecraft against a backdrop of stars.

NASA/JPL-Caltech

Voyager 1 and 2 are exploring the mysterious region between stars, called interstellar space. NASA launched the twin probes in 1977 for a five-year mission to trek across the solar system. It should take Voyager 1 40,000 years to reach another star, according to the space agency.

Some 14.8 billion miles from Earth, the Voyager 1 probe is cruising through the blackness of the interstellar...

Continue Reading It should take another 300 years for NASA's Voyager 1 probe to reach the most distant region of our solar system. Until then, it's cruising through the void between the stars.