BREAKING NEWS

Launched in 1977, space probe Voyager 1 is now officially “ONE LIGHT DAY” away from Earth = 1.609×1010 miles, or, 25.9 billion kilometers. To put this in context, we often see distances like one or more – often times many more – light years distance to other items in our universe. An example, The new study estimates the size of the Milky Way’s disk at 200,000 light-years across. Past studies have suggested the Milky Way is between 100,000 light-years and 160,000 light-years across. (One light-year is the distance light travels in a year, about 6 trillion miles or 10 trillion kilometers.)

I need to sit down.