NASA's Voyager 1 was launched on a mission that was originally expected to last just five years. Fast forward nearly 50 years, and the spacecraft is still traveling through uncharted regions of space, ...

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 ...

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

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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 ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

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 ...

Far past the familiar boundaries of our solar system, NASA's intrepid Voyager spacecraft are sending back mind ... embarked on the longest journey in human history, venturing far beyond the planets to ...