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…
NASA pulls off daring trick to keep Voyager 2 alive
Somewhere more than 13 billion miles from Earth, a nearly 50-year-old spacecraft is still doing its job. Voyager…
Astronomers Detect the First True Sugar in Interstellar Space
Credit: Pexels Astronomers have detected a true sugar in interstellar space for the first time, floating in a…
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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NASA shuts off Voyager 1 probe
Voyager 1, the most distant man-made object from Earth, shut down one of its three remaining instruments as…
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…
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…
3I/ATLAS photo-dump on for today. How to watch NASA release new images
If you’ve been eagerly waiting to see more high-resolution images of a fascinating interstellar comet known as 3I/ATLAS,…