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Why would they? They will be very cold. Occasional cosmic rays aren't enough to evaporate them. They can last hundreds of thousands of years, if not millions.
by bufferoverflow 7y ago
Why would they? They will be very cold. Occasional cosmic rays aren't enough to evaporate them. They can last hundreds of thousands of years, if not millions.
- monocasa 7y agoAnd how long until they reach the next star? They're not pointed anywhere in particular. We are talking about millions of years here.
- Koshkin 7y agoAnd even if they were.
- samstave 7y agoThink we can point the James webb at one and get a farewell Pic?
- mekoka 7y agoMillions of years? Fat chance. A few days ago this post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21327269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21327269 explained that during the galactic collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda in 4B years, no two stars will likely collide because of the sheer amount of empty space. Keeping that in perspective, I highly doubt that Voyager would find its way anywhere in some mere millions of years.
- njharman 7y agoSpace is mind boggling large and sparse. Millions of years is not a long time to be traveling through it.
- vmasto 7y ago* even at light speed