The Voyager 1 spacecraft is now over 150 astronomical units from Earth, and light takes over 22 hours to reach it; it is near the edge of the solar system but not at the true edge (which extends to the Oort Cloud, perhaps a light-year out based on the Sun's gravitational influence).
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“the most distant object that we created...the Voyager 1 spacecraft is now well over 150 astronomical units from the Earth...it takes light over 22 hours to reach it”
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:24:53 AM
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