'8.6 light years away: Could Voyager 2 ever meet Sirius, the brightest star in Earth’s sky? | NYGazet

Sirius, also called the Dog Star, is the brightest star visible from Earth and lies in the constellation Canis Major. At 8.6 light years away, it is relatively close in astronomical terms. What if Voyager 2’s trajectory one day carried it near this famous star?

At 8.6 light years, or about 81 trillion kilometres, Sirius is far closer than many other notable stars. Yet at Voyager 2’s current speed of around 55,000 km/h, it would still take over 100,000 years to get there. Sirius is a binary system made up of... [923 chars]