NASA’s Voyager Probes: See the Best Photos As 49-Year Trek Nears End
Voyager 2, a pioneer in outer solar system exploration, left Earth for interstellar space 49 years ago, on…
After Nearly 50 Years In The Depths Of Space, Voyager 1 Still Sends Messages That Take 23 Hours To Reach Earth
It traverses the ocean of stars that lies beyond our solar system, both the oldest spacecraft still in…
NASA’s New Horizons Wakes Up From Hibernation Beyond Pluto, More Than 10 Billion Kilometers from Earth
Artist’s rendering of the New Horizons spacecraft approaching Pluto and its three moons. Credit: NASA. Whomst has awakened…
NASA’s twin Voyager spacecraft are very low on power after nearly 50 years. How long can they keep going?
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Space Dust Could Contain Building Blocks of Life
The recipe for life seems simple at first blush: Combine organic compounds and liquid water, add an energy…
Black hole space volcano erupts after 100 million year nap
A supermassive black hole is reawakening inside a distant galaxy cluster—and after almost 100 million years of slumber,…
We Could Hitch a Ride to Unknown Frontiers on Super-Fast Interstellar Objects Like 3I/ATLAS
Mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS made its closest approach to Earth on December 19, coming within just 167 million…
Voyager 1 will reach one light-day from Earth in 2026. Here’s what that means
Voyager 1, NASA’s deep-space probe, could soon become the first spacecraft to reach a historic milestone. In November…
How one image taken from 3.7 billion miles away proved Earth is a speck in space
Voyager 1’s photographs included Neptune, Uranus, Saturn, Jupiter, and Venus. According to NASA’s website, ‘Mars was obscured by…
Scientists Just Discovered a Quantum Physics Loophole—And It Could Finally Unlock Interstellar Travel
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NASA’s Voyager 1 Revealed A Stunning Discovery At The Edge Of Our Solar System
Voyager 1, launched in 1977, has traveled farther than any spacecraft in human history. After more than four…
Massive interstellar 3I/Atlas comet is about to disappear from Earth’s view
Our solar system’s third discovered interstellar visitor, comet 3I/Atlas, will dip into the glare of the Sun this…