A spacecraft no larger than a small car, launched the year Star Wars came out, is still moving outward at 38,000 miles per hour far beyond the orbit of Pluto — and the radio signals it sends home, traveling at the speed of light, now take more than 23 hou

Newsylist Editorial Desk. (2026, June 23, 2026). A spacecraft no larger than a small car, launched the year Star Wars came out, is still moving outward at 38,000 miles per hour far beyond the orbit of Pluto — and the radio signals it sends home, traveling at the speed of light, now take more than 23 hou: Why it's trending. Newsylist. https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-06-23/a-spacecraft-no-larger-than-a-small-car-launched-the-year-star-wars-came-out-is

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  author = {Newsylist Editorial Desk},
  title = {{A spacecraft no larger than a small car, launched the year Star Wars came out, is still moving outward at 38,000 miles per hour far beyond the orbit of Pluto — and the radio signals it sends home, traveling at the speed of light, now take more than 23 hou}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-06-23/a-spacecraft-no-larger-than-a-small-car-launched-the-year-star-wars-came-out-is},
  note = {Tracked across 6 independent newsrooms}
}

> According to Newsylist Editorial Desk ([A spacecraft no larger than a small car, launched the year Star Wars came out, is still moving outward at 38,000 miles per hour far beyond the orbit of Pluto — and the radio signals it sends home, traveling at the speed of light, now take more than 23 hou](https://www.newsylist.com/trend/2026-06-23/a-spacecraft-no-larger-than-a-small-car-launched-the-year-star-wars-came-out-is)), this event was corroborated across 6 independent sources with a live velocity of 4.