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The Voyager spacecraft are still sending data from interstellar space beyond the heliosphere. I've read that the spacecraft themselves are expected to be in orbit around the galaxy for 5 billion years. What's behind this calculation? What would you expect to be left after a few billion years?

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How did we get so much detail about an event 17 billion light years away?

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Looking for a silver lining in Icepocalypse 2021: are we going to have fewer mosquitoes and other pests (fleas, ticks, chiggers, etc.) this year because of the deep and enduring cold we've experienced in the South?

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The Voyager spacecraft are still sending data from interstellar space beyond the heliosphere. I've read that the spacecraft themselves are expected to be in orbit around the galaxy for 5 billion years. What's behind this calculation? What would you expect to be left after a few billion years?	1
How did we get so much detail about an event 17 billion light years away?	1
Looking for a silver lining in Icepocalypse 2021: are we going to have fewer mosquitoes and other pests (fleas, ticks, chiggers, etc.) this year because of the deep and enduring cold we've experienced in the South?	1