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		babylon5 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Voyager 1 is a light-day away by November 2026 It's cold out there, why would it melt?

hdgvhicv 3 months ago | [–]

It would ablate due to interstellar hydrogen, but that’s so rare over a billion years you’re taking a few millimetres.

lmm 3 months ago | | [–]

It's got a very long time to do so. Like how a bowl of water evaporates at room temperature.

jethronethro 3 months ago | | [–]

Heat ray from a passing flying saucer?

DecentShoes 3 months ago | [–]

Radiation?

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