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

NASA's twin Voyager probes – Voyager 1 and Voyager 2- were launched in 1977 to explore the outer planets in our solar system. Voyager 2 launched on Aug. 20, 1977, and Voyager 1 launched about ...

Launched in 1977, the Voyager probes embarked on a journey unlike any in human history. Over four decades later, they continue to send data from interstellar space, offering insight into the outer ...

Beyond the heliopause is interstellar space, which Voyager 1 entered in 2012 and Voyager 2 reached in 2018. It’s a very different environment from the one inside our heliosphere—quieter but ...

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 ...

Forty years ago this Sunday, Voyager 2 took off from Cape Canaveral, beginning the astounding story of the first exploration of our solar system and beyond — one that continues today. “It’s ...

One of only two spacecraft built by humans to have left our solar system is alive and kicking. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced April 22 that Voyager 1 is sending engineering data back ...

One of the most distant man-made objects in the universe, NASA’s Voyager 2, has suffered a glitch that caused it to consume more power than expected. Launched in 1977, Voyager 2 has followed its ...

There's a new interstellar comet in the neighborhood! Known as 3I/ATLAS, this comet poses no threat to Earth – but it does ...

They were also not the first missions to carry a message intended for extraterrestrial beings should they reach interstellar ...

Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, ...