Скачать или смотреть Why a "Text" to Voyager 1 Takes 2 Days ?

You read that right. When NASA sends a command to the Voyager 1 spacecraft, they have to wait almost two full days for confirmation.

And it's not because the connection is "slow" the signal is traveling at the fastest speed possible, the speed of light. The problem is the mind-boggling distance.


Voyager 1 is the most distant human-made object, over 24 billion kilometers (15 billion miles) away.

It has completely left our solar system and is now drifting in interstellar space, the void between the stars.

Let's break down that "read receipt":

Time to Voyager: When NASA pings the probe, the signal takes about 23 hours to get there.
Time back to Earth: After Voyager 1 receives the signal and sends back a tiny "got it" message, that signal takes another 23 hours to get back.
That's a 46-hour round trip... all for a single "ping."
And here's the most amazing part: Voyager is doing this with a 20-watt transmitter, the same power as a refrigerator lightbulb.

By the time that signal reaches us from across the solar system, it's billions of times weaker than a watch battery.

So next time your video buffers, just remember: at least you're not trying to talk to a 1970s robot in interstellar space.

✨ What's more mind-blowing: the 46-hour lag or the fact we can still talk to it at all? Let me know! 👇

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