The Voyager spacecraft, launched by NASA in the 1970s, have embarked on humanity’s most ambitious journey into the depths of ...

Voyager 1 took the last picture, affectionately known as the solar system family portrait, on Feb. 14, 1990. While the spacecraft are still functioning today, most of their other instruments have ...

How Voyager 1 is still bringing us surprises from the very edge of our solar system. The spacecraft, located more than 24 billion kilometres away, was feared lost to the cosmic ocean after decades ...

6.4 billion kilometers (3.7 billion miles) from the center of the solar system, Voyager 1 looked back at the home it left behind in 1977, at the gas giant Jupiter, which it flew past in 1979; and ...

The Voyager probes left our Solar System years ago, yet even as they travel through interstellar space, they are still detecting bursts of cosmic rays from our Sun, more than 23 billion kilometres ...

For the first time in human history, a man-made object has entered interstellar space, that vast and endless realm where only the stars and the exoplan-ets abide. The spacecraft Voyager 1, 36 ...

The Voyager probes we sent from Earth back in the 70s found an incredible 'wall of fire' at the edge of our solar system where temperatures could reach up to 50,000 degrees Celsius. If humanity is ...

This artist rendering provided by NASA shows Voyager 1 at the edge of the solar system. AP The Voyager 1 spacecraft launched in 1977 on a mission to Jupiter and Saturn.

A re-interpretation of Voyager 1 data is refuelling the debate over whether the spacecraft has truly left the cozy confines of our solar system. According to a new University of Maryland study, it ...

Voyager 1 has been seeing decreases in the number of lower-energy particles that come from inside our solar system, he said. Meanwhile, it's been seeing increases in the high-energy particles that ...

Evidence suggesting that NASA's venerable Voyager 1 probe is about to leave the solar system is piling up, scientists say. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on ...

Earlier this week, Voyager 2 became the second human-made object to reach interstellar space.Yet it has a long way to go before it actually leaves our solar system. Here's why.