• Matt@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I would suspect at some point it will come into contact with other matter but yea… That could take a very, very long time.

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          1 year ago

          Given an infinite amount of time, I would say the chance are not just likely, but certainly 100% chance of happening

          • Scubus@sh.itjust.works
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            Not neccasarily. You have to remember that space is expanding. That means that eventually the probes would undergo the big rip where they are torn apart. Prior to that however, they would be so far from anything that it would be impossible for them to interact with anything.

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            1 year ago

            Definitely, it will happen at some point. Probably not for an unfathomably long amount of time, however.

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                1 year ago

                It would have to be on a direct collision course, which would still lead to those stats that would be represented in scientific notation due to how unlikely it is to occur.

                They will float until we intercept them in a thousand years, or their atoms begin to decompose

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      Space exposure. I’m not what anyone would typically classify as “smart” by any stretch but I have to imagine being out traveling in interstellar space for (eventually) centuries will end up in some kind of eventual damage, be it either from idk fuck ass Space Radiation™, or micro asteroid impacts, or anything else.