Hey, remember the Voyager Space Probe? It was launched in 1977 as a message in a bottle to possible intelligent life out in deep space. It carries pictures and recordings of life on Earth and an interstellar map which points the way back here.

It was also featured in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

35 years later...

Indications are it's reached the edge of the solar system.

Which is a neat and practical little reminder that space is really, really big.

(Crossposted to [community profile] science)
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