The End of the Solar System

After traveling for more than 20 years, the Voyager I spacecraft is now nearing the edge of our solar system and is about to pass into interstellar space. [usatoday.com]. It is 8.37 billion miles from the Sun, three times further away than the planet Pluto. Not a bad ride. There's only 44,000 years left to the next star, and after that we're into the realm of "V'Ger" from Star Trek. Very cool stuff.

 Posted by glenn