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As of 2024, Voyager 2 is moving with a velocity of 55,347 kilometers per hour (34,391 mph), or 15 km/s, relative to the Sun, and is 20,439,100,000 kilometers (1.27003 × 10 10 mi) from the Sun [12] reaching a distance of 136.627 AU (20.4 billion km; 12.7 billion mi) from Earth as of May 25, 2024.
In about 65 billion years, it is estimated that the Moon may collide with the Earth, due to the remaining energy of the Earth–Moon system being sapped by the remnant Sun, causing the Moon to slowly move inwards toward the Earth. [109] Beyond this point, the ultimate fate of the Earth (if it survives) depends on what happens.
New Horizons is traveling through the Kuiper belt; it is 60.99 AU (9.12 billion km; 5.67 billion mi) from Earth and 60.37 AU (9.03 billion km; 5.61 billion mi) from the Sun as of November 2024. [27] NASA has announced it is to extend operations for New Horizons until the spacecraft exits the Kuiper belt, which is expected to occur between 2028 ...
Voyager 1 relays messages to NASA’s mission control team after losing contact due to a technical issue. The aging spacecraft is relying on an old radio transmitter. ... 15 billion miles (24 ...
It’s the 30th anniversary of the “Pale Blue Dot” image. NASA commemorated the incredible feat with a release of the remastered, iconic image. Taken by NASA’s Voyager probe, Earth appears ...
The mission is set to launch in October 2024, reaching Jupiter orbit 2.9 kilometres (1.8 billion miles) away in 2030. It will aim to investigate whether the ocean beneath the icy crust of Europa ...
2.8 billion Earth's surface temperature will reach around 420 K (147 °C; 296 °F), even at the poles. [80] [96] 2.8 billion High estimate until all remaining Earth life goes extinct. [80] [96] 3–4 billion The Earth's core freezes if the inner core continues to grow in size, based on its current growth rate of 1 mm (0.039 in) in diameter per ...
1–5 billion Various The estimated end of the Sun's current phase of development, after which it will swell into a red giant, either scorching or swallowing Earth, will occur around five billion years from now. However, as the Sun grows gradually hotter (over millions of years), Earth may become too hot for life as early as one billion years ...