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NASA's Voyager 1 launched 48 years ago in September 1977 on a decades-spanning journey to study the cosmos and search for ...
On September 5, 1977, the power situation was a good deal healthier when the mission got underway. Launched just over two ...
"It took 35 years to reach interstellar space, but it will take 40,000 years for Voyager 1 to be closer to the star AC +79 ...
In 40,000 years, NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft will have a close encounter with the star Gliese 445, long after completing its mission. However, this will not be its last encounter with other stars.
Voyager 1 has been traveling through interstellar space for 48 years, but recent signals from the spacecraft have left astronomers unusually excited.
The probe entered a region beyond the heliopause, where temperatures are incredibly high, and continued to function despite ...
On Sept. 12, 2013, Voyager 1, launched 36 years earlier, became the first man-made spacecraft ever to leave the solar system.
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I/ATLAS is a fast, ancient interstellar object. Its odd features fuel both scientific study and speculation. On July 1, astronomers detected a strange, fast-moving object racing toward the Sun. Named ...
Today is Friday, Sept. 12, the 255th day of 2025. There are 110 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2013, Voyager 1, launched 36 years earlier, became the first man-made spacecraft ever to ...
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Jupiter is a gas giant and doesn’t have a solid outer surface like Earth. But astronomers can still assess its shape by ...