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🚀🌌 Voyager 1 has left the Sun's protective bubble—the heliosphere—and is now traveling through interstellar space, over 25 billion km from Earth. Launched in 1977, it's the most distant human-made object ever. Yet even after nearly 50 years, it isn't close to another star. At its current speed, reaching the nearest star system, Alpha Centauri, would take tens of thousands of years. A humbling reminder of both human curiosity and the unimaginable scale of the universe. ✨

SETI Institute In the News: January Roundup 2026 This month’s stories highlight how SETI Institute scientists combine rigorous analysis with curiosity, whether working alongside citizen astronomers, refining the identification of technosignatures, or improving the precision of radio observations that underpin both astrophysics and the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Together, these highlights offer a snapshot of how SETI Institute research continues to address some of the most enduring questions in space science by testing bold ideas, sharing data openly, and inviting broader participation in the scientific process. Read the full stories: https://t.co/hfiV5TIdzH

Elon Musk: If a comet hits Earth, it's game over. “Earth does not currently have any ability to stop asteroids. Now, with Starship, we then have some ability to stop an asteroid. Technically, a comet would be the real danger because there are billions, if not more than billions, maybe trillions of objects that are in the outer solar system. Some of them that are very long-period comets. An example that most people are probably aware of is Halley's Comet. I forgot the exact periodicity, but it's slightly under once per century that Halley's Comet comes by. So there are probably many objects, many comets, that have very long periods that we simply don't know exist. For example, the comet Shoemaker-Levy, when that hit Jupiter, it made a hole in Jupiter the size of Earth. So if that did hit Earth, it's game over. Everything's dead. So, there's always some risk of such a thing occurring, and the probable lifespan of life is just much greater if we're a multiplanet and ultimately a multistellar civilization.” Orbital Launch Tower tour with Everyday Astronaut, May 26, 2022