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…
At The Edge Of Our Solar System, NASA’s Voyager 1 Found A ‘Wall Of Fire’
Nothing manmade has reached further from Earth than the Voyager series of spacecraft. Hurtling away from the sun…
NASA’s Voyager 1 Is About To Make History Again
When NASA launched the Voyager 1 probe back in 1977, the initial objective was to gather information about…
Think Voyager was alone? Humanity has sent more missions to the outer solar system than you think!
The outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, have long fascinated astronomers and the public alike. These gas…
From Voyager to Tesla car! 5 man-made objects on an endless journey through space
Launched in 1977, the Voyager twins are the farthest human-made objects from Earth. Voyager 1 is now more…
Why scientists want a ‘Voyager 3’ mission?
The twin Voyager spacecraft, launched in 1977, gave us humanity’s first close-up views of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and…
How many years NASA’s Voyager-1 will take to exit our solar system?
Key numbers used Voyager 1 speed ≈ 17 km/s (typical quoted value). 1 astronomical unit (AU) = 149,597,870.7…