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It would take 118 years for a spacecraft to travel far enough away to find it, based on estimates from the speed of Nasa’s New Horizons explorer.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026

“In the 14th century A.D., a Moroccan explorer named Ibn Battuta documented that a buttery variation of khichuri was eaten daily in South Asia,” wrote Rachael Grow for Mashed.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

Critics on the Croisette are starting to resemble that classic comic-strip panel in which an explorer crawls desperately across the sand toward an oasis that’s only a mirage.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

And there are worlds of beauty, meaning and narrative to be read in the often-static imagery by which Mr. Diaz recounts the life and crimes of a 16th-century Portuguese explorer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 23, 2026

“I wonder if you’ve met a man called Lord Asriel. He’s a friend of my people, a notable explorer in that part of the world.”

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

Not a very imaginative lot, those Spanish explorers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026

It’s a tradition that dates back to 1886, and there have been over 200 such parades since then, celebrating great explorers, war heroes and champion athletes.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 17, 2026

During 32 dives to the site, explorers collected samples from 485 whale-fossil sites and active whale falls, and found a treasure trove of remains, including one extinct whale's skeleton.

From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026

For more than 250 years, stories from early explorers described crocodiles as a common sight along the shores of the Seychelles.

From Science Daily ● May 28, 2026

Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank