Space - the final frontier (Misc.) II

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Just the tip

 

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Let's do the numbers: Our newest space telescope is about to start mapping the cosmos in 102 colors, taking 3,600 images per day, eying 450 million galaxies and 100 million stars. Stay tuned for updates.

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‘While the probes have left the heliosphere, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 have not yet left the solar system, and won’t be leaving anytime soon. The boundary of the solar system is considered to be beyond the outer edge of the Oort Cloud, a collection of small objects that are still under the influence of the Sun’s gravity. The width of the Oort Cloud is not known precisely, but it is estimated to begin at about 1,000 astronomical units (AU) from the Sun and to extend to about 100,000 AU. One AU is the distance from the Sun to Earth. It will take about 300 years for Voyager 2 to reach the inner edge of the Oort Cloud and possibly 30,000 years to fly beyond it.’

NASA’s Voyager 2 Probe Enters Interstellar Space - NASA

For the second time in history, a human-made object has reached the space between the stars. NASA’s Voyager 2 probe now has exited the heliosphere – the

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